TRAINING RULES AND ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY FOR ATHLETICS
ALL STUDENT ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A COMPLETED PHYSICAL FORM ON FILE IN THE MAIN OFFICE, PRIOR TO TRYING OUT FOR A SCHOOL SPORT.
Violations that are grounds for immediate dismissal:
If an individual commits a felony. Possession or use of any illegal substance or alcoholic beverage on or off campus.
The definition of a season begins on the first day of practice and ends upon the finish of the last event. The Athletic Program is defined as an entire school year.
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS / COMPOUNDS
The Board of Education recognizes that the use of dietary supplements that contain performance-enhancing compounds and/or performance-enhancing drugs poses a serious health risk to students.
Accordingly, no staff member, volunteer, or contractor shall knowingly sell, market, distribute, or promote the use of a dietary supplement that contains a performance-enhancing compound or a performance-enhancing drug (e.g., anabolic steroids) to a student with whom the staff member, volunteer, or contractor has contact as a part of his/her duties. Furthermore, the staff member, volunteer, or contractor shall not endorse or suggest the ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation of a dietary supplement that contains a performance-enhancing compound or a performance-enhancing drug by a student with whom s/he has contact as part of his/her duties.
Use of a performance-enhancing substance regardless of source by a student is a violation that will affect a student’s athletic eligibility and extra-curricular participation, as determined by the Board. A list of performance-enhancing substances developed by the State Department of Community Health shall be updated annually and included in AG 2431D. This notice and list shall also be published in the Parent/Student Handbook provided annually.
The Superintendent shall require that the warning notice concerning anabolic steroids is installed and properly maintained in each of the District’s locker rooms or athletic dressing areas.
M.C.L.A.33.26301 et seq., 380.1318
The Board of Education recognizes that the use of dietary supplements that contain performance-enhancing compounds and/or performance-enhancing drugs poses a serious health risk to students.
Accordingly, no staff member, volunteer, or contractor shall knowingly sell, market, distribute, or promote the use of a dietary supplement that contains a performance-enhancing compound or a performance-enhancing drug (e.g., anabolic steroids) to a student with whom the staff member, volunteer, or contractor has contact as a part of his/her duties. Furthermore, the staff member, volunteer, or contractor shall not endorse or suggest the ingestion, intranasal application, or inhalation of a dietary supplement that contains a performance-enhancing compound or a performance-enhancing drug by a student with whom s/he has contact as part of his/her duties.
Use of a performance-enhancing substance regardless of source by a student is a violation that will affect a student’s athletic eligibility and extra-curricular participation, as determined by the Board. A list of performance-enhancing substances developed by the State Department of Community Health shall be updated annually and included in AG 2431D. This notice and list shall also be published in the Parent/Student Handbook provided annually.
The Superintendent shall require that the warning notice concerning anabolic steroids is installed and properly maintained in each of the District’s locker rooms or athletic dressing areas.
M.C.L.A.33.26301 et seq., 380.1318
Violations of the following training rules will fall under the penalties set below:
PENALTIES: A student-athlete who is in violation of the training rules will be subject to sanctions. The sanctions will begin when the athlete returns to school following any out of school suspension. The following penalties shall be enforced:
First Violation: Athlete will be suspended for twenty percent of the competitive season.
Second Violation: Athlete will be suspended for forty percent of the competitive season.
Third Violation: Athlete will be permanently suspended from participating in any sport for one calendar year.
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY
The academic eligibility checks will be done at the time of progress reports and report cards. If a student athlete is deemed ineligible, it will last until the next progress report check. The following standards will apply for academic eligibility.
- The use or possession of any form of tobacco.
- When an athlete has been reported to have taken property, which belongs to others.
- Destruction of property that does not belong to them.
- Any actions that violate the student handbook.
- Use of a performance-enhancing substance regardless of source by a student is a violation that will affect a student’s athletic eligibility and extra-curricular participation, as determined by the Board. A list of performance-enhancing substances developed by the State Department of Community Health shall be updated annually and included in AG 2431D. This notice and list shall also be published in the Parent/Student Handbook provided annually.
PENALTIES: A student-athlete who is in violation of the training rules will be subject to sanctions. The sanctions will begin when the athlete returns to school following any out of school suspension. The following penalties shall be enforced:
First Violation: Athlete will be suspended for twenty percent of the competitive season.
Second Violation: Athlete will be suspended for forty percent of the competitive season.
Third Violation: Athlete will be permanently suspended from participating in any sport for one calendar year.
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY
The academic eligibility checks will be done at the time of progress reports and report cards. If a student athlete is deemed ineligible, it will last until the next progress report check. The following standards will apply for academic eligibility.
- If you have one E, the sum of your other 5 grades must balance at 2.0 GPA.
- If there is more than one (1) E, you are ineligible until the progress report/report card check.
- All other MHSAA eligibility standards apply.