ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
SCHOOL-SPONSORED
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
OHSAA/CPS
Eligibility Guidelines:
1. Scholarship (Note: CPS Grade
Point Average standards are higher than OHSAA minimum standards).
Important Note: The Academic Eligibility
Policy outlined below applies to all students participating in any
school-sponsored athletic or non-athletic extracurricular activity.
Eligibility for each
school-sponsored extracurricular activity in grades 7-12 is determined
by grades received during the preceding grading period.
Semester, final, rubric or summer school grades
have no effect on eligibility.
Important Note:
OHSAA Bylaw 4-4-7 states that
Summer School and other educational options (APEX, “fifth quarter”
credit recovery classes, etc.) may not be used to substitute for
failure to meet the academic standards during the last quarter of the
school year.
Grades 9-12:
Students who wish to participate in extracurricular activities in Grades
9-12 must be currently enrolled and must have been enrolled in school
during the immediately preceding grading period. During the immediately
preceding grading period, the student must have received passing grades
in a minimum of five (5) one credit courses or the equivalent which
count toward graduation. Each student must also maintain a minimum
grade point average (G.P.A.) of no less than 1.0. Students in Grades
9-12 in the Cincinnati Public Schools who wish to participate in
extracurricular activities must maintain a 2.0 Grade Point Average on a
4.0 scale. (All courses will be counted in the cumulative average and
quarterly eligibility is independent of the eligibility status of
previous quarters.)
C.P.S.
High School Grade Point Average Requirement:
Students eligible by OHSAA
standards with a cumulative G.P.A. of less than 2.0 during the
immediately preceding grading period may participate provided they
actively participate in identified academic intervention programs as
formally established by his or her school. These intervention measures
may include weekly eligibility checks, tutoring sessions, study tables,
etc. Failure to participate in such intervention programs will result in
ineligibility until the conclusion of the quarterly grading period.
Important note for students
starting Grade 9: Students entering the ninth
grade for the first time may participate in extracurricular activities
for the first quarter of the school year provided they received passing
grades in 75% of their core subject courses (those that meet every day
and are the ones used to determine promotion or retention) during the
fourth quarter of eighth grade. After the first quarter, continued
eligibility will be determined by the criteria outlined above pertaining
to all other high school students.
Important:
The eligibility or ineligibility of a student continues until the start
of the fifth school day of the next grading period at which time the
grades from the immediately preceding grading period become effective.
Exception: Eligibility or ineligibility for the first grading period
commences with the start of the Fall season.
Grade 7:
Students entering the seventh grade for the first time
may participate in extracurricular activities for the first quarter of
the school year regardless of past academic performance. After the first
quarter, participation is based on meeting the following requirements:
