Index By Bylaw

Outside Competitive Experience: 2023 Wrestling and Track & Field Bylaw

Bylaw Amendment Effective Date: May 1, 2023 as applied to eligibility decisions for NAIA competition in August 2023 or beyond …

Outside Competitive Experience Review – Update August 2023

OCE Review 2023 Update & Form: The Outside Competitive Experience form is used to determine if any outside competitive experience …

How to Certify After Post-Bacc Degree

After the bylaw amendment for Post-Baccalaureate eligibility, students now have the ability to seek either a graduate degree or a …

2023 Bylaw Update: Graduate Student Eligibility

Key Takeaways for Graduate Students’ Eligibility Graduate student eligibility will now be rolled into a new eligibility section – Article …

Institutions Offering 2-Year & 4-Year Degrees

Article V, Section B, Item 22: Definition of a Transfer To determine if an institution that offers both associate and …

Repeat Courses

Article V, Section C, Item 12 A repeat course is defined as a course term, summer or nonpreviously passed with …

Mid-Year Certification

Article V, Section C, Item 14 A student who is eligible the last day of a term (as reported on …

Mid-Year Eligibility for Freshmen

Article V, Section C, Item 5: Mid-Year Eligibility & 9-Hour Rule Definition of an Entering Freshman, V.B.5 : A student …

Use of Non-Term Credits – Reliance on Transcript

For the 2021 Convention, the membership passed a bylaw on how to apply inter-term credit earned for eligibility purposes. While …

Tryouts with Prospective Students & 24-Week Season

Approved Ruling: Tryouts of prospective students, in accordance with NAIA Bylaws, shall not constitute practice per Article I, Section H, …