24/36 Hour Rule - NAIA

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If a student … Competes in a contest Is enrolled in 12 hours and attends one class while being enrolled in 12 hours Identification Ways a student identifies with your institution. 24/36 HOUR RULE Charged with season Charged with term Charged with term This rule applies to students once they have been enrolled in your institution or any collegiate institution for two terms, whether it’s two semesters, two quarters or two trimesters. Before we go any further, we need to discuss which academic terms must be counted. In the NAIA, terms are countable when a student “identifies” during a term. There are two ways for a student to identify. The first is by playing in a contest against another team. Regardless of anything else, if the student plays in a contest representing an institution against another team, the student has identified. The second way a student can identify is by being enrolled in 12 hours and attending one class. Again, if the student enrolls in 12 hours and attends one class, the student has identified. No subsequent action by the student or the institution can change identification. This is true even if the student withdraws from all courses the day after attending class and that institution’s transcript does not show the student enrolled during that term. This makes it very important for you to interview the student carefully when the student fills out the transfer form and the competitive experience form. Once the student has identified during two terms, the student must have 24 hours to be eligible. If we are talking about quarter institutions, once the student has been enrolled for three quarters, the student is going to be responsible for having earned 36 hours going forward. The other important thing to remember, and this is true with all NAIA eligibility rules, is that we certify on aterm-by term basis, which means this is a rolling 24/36 hours. The way this rule works is that you look at the student’s previous two terms or previous three quarters to determine whether the student has earned the requisite hours. I am going to use semester hours as an example, but the same rules apply for a student in the quarter system. NAIA National Office • 1200 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64106 • 816.595.8000 • Resources at www.naia.org/member-services 2
4th academic year 3rd academic year 2nd academic year 1st academic year Certify for Fall 2009 12 hours earned Continuing Eligibility 24/36 hour rule 28 hours 4 hours Summer 2009 24/36 HOUR RULE NAIA National Office • 1200 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64106 • 816.595.8000 • Resources at www.naia.org/member-services 3 12 Fall 2008 Spring 2009 hours earned To compete, must have 24 hours during the student’s previous two terms or 36 hours during the student’s previous three quarters. If you are certifying a student in the fall of 2009 and the student has been a continuous student, you would look back at spring of 2009 and fall of 2008 and count the number of hours earned to determine whether the student has met the 24 hour rule. You can include the immediate previous summer in this example. The student must have earned 24 hours total during the previous fall and spring. As you can see in this example, the student earned 28 hours.
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