ARTICLE V

ELIGIBILITY RULES

Section 1. The same as the NJCAA Rules Article V with the following exceptions.(3-9-98)

The interpretations below apply to any athlete who signs a NJCAA letter-of-intent and transfers from one KJCCC college to another KJCCC college or who is an athlete certified by NJCAA eligibility roster and transfers from one KJCCC college to another KJCCC college.

Following are interpretations given and are in effect until changed at a regular conference meeting.

The interpretations are as follows:

a. If an athlete signs a NJCAA letter-of-intent, he/she may transfer back to the KJCCC college of his/her home district (county where main campus is located) with a release and a waiver from the first college.

b. If an athlete signs a NJCAA letter-of-intent with one KJCCC college and then wishes to compete in a different sport at another KJCCC college, he/she may do so with a release and a waiver from the first college.

c. An athlete not certified on a NJCAA eligibility roster may transfer to another KJCCC college and participate in the same sport the next season with a release and a waiver the with the exception of two (2) semester sports.

d. An athlete certified by NJCAA eligibility roster is ineligible for one calendar year from date of transfer in that sport. He/she may transfer back to the KJCCC college of his/her home district (county where main campus is located) with a release and a waiver from the first college and compete.

However, if an athlete is attending a KJCCC institution that drops the sport that he/she is certified to participate in (the student/athlete’s name has appeared on a NJCAA eligibility list) that student/athlete may transfer to another community college conference institution and shall be eligible to participate in athletics after notifying the conference commissioner.

When a conference school drops a conference sport, that school is required to notify all other conference institutions (athletic director). All conference institutions can then legally recruit the student/athletes who were participating in the sport dropped by the school.

Section 2. The same as the NJCAA Rules Article V with the following additions.

a. No athletic grant-in-aid may be awarded to a student/athlete while he/she is enrolled in college establishing his/her academic eligibility.

b. Those students who transfer and are academically eligible may receive an athletic grant.

c. In football, a squad roster on forms provided by the commissioner must be postmarked prior to the first scheduled contest played by any KJCCC college. This roster is limited to a maximum playing squad of fifty-five (55) players, of which, not more than twelve (12) may be from out-of-state. NJCAA eligibility forms must be mailed to the commissioner, regional directors and the NJCAA headquarters no later than twenty-one (21) days after the beginning of that school semester or one (1) day prior to the first football contest played by any conference member.

d. In basketball, the squad eligibility list must also be postmarked prior to the first scheduled contest and is limited to a maximum playing roster of fifteen (15), of which not more than six (6) may be from out-of-state.

e. In basketball, a player or players not eligible by the first game of the semester after the NJCAA eligibility list is submitted, due to the sixteen (16) week provision, may be included on the NJCAA eligibility form with an asterisk indicating the day the player(s) is to become eligible. Said players are to be included in total squad count according to the squad limitation rule.

(1) A certified letter must be submitted and received by the commissioner on the day prior to the player(s) initial participation in a regularly scheduled game.

f. An athlete's name being listed on the eligibility certificate shall be considered participation, unless supporting evidence can be submitted proving that he/she did not participate.

g. For eligibility purposes, any student graduating from a high school outside the State of Kansas shall be classified as out-of-state. However, a student will be certified according to the last state in which they participated in their respective sport. Those student/athletes who completed their eligibility in another state, as established by their state high school activities association or their graduating class, shall also be certified as out-of-state. (3-10-97)

Students who are not citizens of the United States can not be counted as in-state for player limitation purposes. (3-9-98)

h. A student who legally resides in the State of Kansas and attends a high school in adjacent out-of-state counties, can be recruited and certified as an in-state-athlete.

i. In case of a transfer student or a high school graduate who did not enroll in college in the first semester following graduation from high school, such supporting evidence of eligibility as may be necessary to show proof of eligibility is to be furnished to the commissioner by the specified date.

j. Transcripts are required for all transfer students. Photostatic copies of armed service discharge papers or properly signed affidavits must be submitted when it is necessary to prove periods of non-school attendance.

k. Each member college must file an eligibility list of all student players to be used in any contest during the season with the commissioner prior to their first scheduled contest, on or before twenty-one (21) days after the beginning of the semester.