2012-13 TSSAA Handbook

2012-13 TSSAA Handbook
22.
Q. An international student comes to live with a new guardian and enrolls in a school where the guardians reside.
The student is not in a Foreign Exchange program approved by the CSIET. Is the student eligible?
A. No. A student must be in a Foreign Exchange program approved by CSIET. The student is ineligible at the
varsity level but may be eligible at the junior varsity level provided he/she meets the requirements of Article II,
Section 15 of the TSSAA Bylaws.
23.
Q. An international student attends a TSSAA school and is in a foreign exchange program that is not approved by
CSIET. Is the student eligible?
A. No. A student must be in a Foreign Exchange program approved by CSIET.
24.
Q. An international student is in a Foreign Exchange program approved by the CSIET. The student participates in
athletics with a TSSAA school while living with one host parent then transfers to another school as a result of a
change of host parents. Is the student eligible at the new school?
A. No. As a result of the change of guardians the student must now comply with Article II, Section 11 and Article
II, Section 12 of the TSSAA Bylaws in the same manner as all other students.
Tuition and Financial Aid
1.
Q. Is it permissible for a school to employ a student for summer work who has not attended the school the
previous year?
A. No. In order for a student, who will be participating in athletics, to be employed by a school during the summer
the student must have attended the school the previous school year.
2.
Q. Can a school employ student-athletes to “work off” tuition?
A. No. Article II, Section 16 of the TSSAA Bylaws sets forth the only means for reduction of tuition. A school may
employ student-athletes as long as the remuneration or consideration for work is not in excess of the amount
regularly paid for such service.
3.
Q. Must all financial aid to student-athletes be need-based?
A. Yes
Q. Who is allowed to pay an student-athlete’s tuition?
A. If tuition is charged, it must be paid by a parent, bona fide guardian, or other family member.
4.
Award Rule
1.
Q. If a student accepts cash, merchandise or other compensation in a sport sponsored by TSSAA will he/she lose
his/her eligibility in that sport?
A. Yes, competing for anything of commercial value during the school year or during the summer vacation is a
violation of the award rule. (An exception to this would be in bowling, golf, and tennis as regulated by USBC,
USGA, and USTA Award Rules.)
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