The NCAA News - News and Features

January 27, 1997

Bylaw 15

Legislative reference: 15.1.1

Proposal No. 64-1-A: Financial Aid -- Division I Employment Earnings

Intent: To require a Division I student-athlete to have completed his or her freshman year and to have met applicable NCAA, conference and institutional satisfactory-progress requirements in order to exempt off-campus employment earnings from a student-athlete's full grant-in-aid limit.

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.1.1

Proposal No. 62-A: Financial Aid -- Division I Employment Earnings

Intent: To permit Division I student-athletes to earn legitimate on- and off-campus employment income during semester or term time, provided such income in combination with other financial aid included in the student-athlete's individual limit does not exceed the student's cost of attendance at the institution.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Adopted as amended by 62-1 169-150-6

Legislative reference: 15.1.1

Proposal No. 63-A: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: In Division I, to exempt employment earnings from counting in a student-athlete's individual full grant-in-aid limitations and the institution's sport limitations under specified conditions.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.1.1

Proposal No. 64-A: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: To permit Division I student-athletes to exempt legitimate off-campus employment earnings from the full grant-in-aid limit.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.2.4.2

Proposal No. 89: Financial Aid -- Exempted Government Grants

Intent: To include welfare benefits received from a state or federal government among the exempted government grants set forth in 15.2.4.2.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Adopted (Paddle)

Legislative reference: 15.2.5.2.2

Proposal No. 88: Financial Aid -- Outside Educational Grant

Intent: To permit a student-athlete to receive an educational grant that is awarded from an outside source solely on bases of having no relationship to athletics ability without including the value of such aid in the student-athlete's full grant-in-aid limitations.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: I -- Defeated (Paddle). II -- Not moved.

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1

Proposal No. 64-1-B: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: To require a Division I student-athlete to have completed his or her freshman year and to have met applicable NCAA, conference and institutional satisfactory-progress requirements in order to exempt off-campus employment earnings from a student-athlete's full grant-in-aid limit.

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1 [New]

Proposal No. 62-B: Financial Aid -- Division I Employment Earnings

Intent: To permit Division I student-athletes to earn legitimate on- and off-campus employment income during semester or term time, provided such income in combination with other financial aid included in the student-athlete's individual limit does not exceed the student's cost of attendance at the institution.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Adopted with 62-B(b) and as amended by 62-1 169-150-6

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1 [New]

Proposal No. 63-B: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: In Division I, to exempt employment earnings from counting in a student-athlete's individual full grant-in-aid limitations and the institution's sport limitations under specified conditions.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1

Proposal No. 63-1: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: To specify additional conditions (i.e., completion of freshman year, meeting satisfactory-progress requirements) that must be satisfied to exempt employment earnings from counting in a student-athlete's individual full grant-in-aid limitations and the institution's sport limitations.

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1

Proposal No. 64-B: Financial Aid -- Employment Earnings -- Division I

Intent: To permit Division I student-athletes to exempt legitimate off-campus employment earnings from the full grant-in-aid limit.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Moot

Legislative reference: 15.2.6.1.1 [New]

Proposal No. 62-1: Financial Aid -- Division I Employment Earnings

Intent: To require a student-athlete prior to commencement of employment to sign an affidavit as specified to be kept on file in the athletics department.

Result: Adopted 190-127-6

Legislative reference: 15.2.7.1.2

Proposal No. 65: Financial Aid -- Summer School

Intent: To permit a Division I institution to award athletics aid to a student prior to the student's initial, full-time collegiate enrollment, without increasing costs.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: I-A -- Defeated 43-70-5. I -- Not moved.

Legislative reference: 15.5.4.1

Proposal No. 66: Financial Aid -- Division I Men's Basketball

Intent: To increase the maximum number of grants-in-aid in Division I men's basketball from 13 to 14.

Effective date: August 1, 1997

Result: Defeated 81-235-4