Pell Grants

1. Use of Pell Grants as Part of Athletics Award Package (Division II). The subcommittee determined that it would be permissible for an institution to include in the language of the financial aid agreement that a component of the student-athletes financial aid award will be Pell Grant funds and that a student-athlete's athletics grant may adjusted due to receipt of such funds.

Recruiting Contact Periods

2. Determination of Conclusion of Prospects' Playing Season (Division II). The subcommittee reviewed 1999 Convention Proposal No. 12 and determined that "that the conclusion of the prospect's two-year college football season" is the conclusion of the last regularly scheduled contest rather than the conclusion of the institution's final postseason contest.

Contacting Prospect Through Video Conference/Video Phone

3. Coaching Staff Member Contacting Prospect Through Video Conference/Video Phone (Division II). The subcommittee determined that it would be permissible for an institution's coaching staff member to engage in a face-to-face contact with a prospective student-athlete via a video conference or video telephone and that such contact would constitute one of the three permissible contacts. [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.02.3 (contacts); 13.4.2 (NCAA Division I and II audio/visual materials); 13.1 (contacts and evaluations); and 13.01.6 (time periods for telephone calls and contacts).]

Joint College/High-School Program

4. Discussion of Minutes from February 1, 1999, Telephone Conference. The subcommittee agreed to recommend that the Legislation Committee recommend that the NCAA Division II Management Council revisit its decision not to approve Minute Nos. 1 and 2 from the subcommittee's February 1 conference call. The subcommittee asked that the specificity of Minute No. 1 be explained in detail. In regard to Minute No. 2, the subcommittee reemphasized that it does not feel there is legislative authority to state that an individual's "10-semester clock" does not start when the individual is enrolled in a joint college/high-school program and initially has the opportunity to participate on either the college or high-school athletics team. The subcommittee requested that, if the Management Council upholds it original decision to not approve these minutes, the Council issue an interpretation on these issues.

Financial Aid to a Student-Athlete

5. Institution Providing Financial Aid to a Student-Athlete Enrolled in Less Than Minimum Full-Time Program of Studies During Final Term (Division II). The subcommittee reviewed a previous official interpretation from April 1, 1998, and an NCAA Division I Legislative Review Interpretations Subcommittee minute from November 17, 1998, and determined that it is permissible for an institution to award financial aid to a student-athlete who is enrolled in less than a minimum full-time program of studies, provided the student-athlete is enrolled in the final semester or quarter of his or her baccalaureate program and the institution certifies that the student is carrying for credit the courses necessary to complete degree requirements. The institution may not award financial aid subsequent to this semester or quarter. [References: NCAA Bylaws 15.01.6 (eligibility of student-athletes for institutional financial aid) and 14.1.6.2.1.3 (final semester/quarter).]

State Higher Education System Funding

6. State Higher Education System Providing Funding to High-School Athletics Association (Division II). The subcommittee determined that it is permissible for a state system of higher education to provide financial support to a state high-school athletics association as long as the funding comes directly from the system of higher education and not from a singular institution and the funding is provided to the high-school athletics association and not a particular high school or particular individual.

Satisfactory-Progress -- Remedial Courses

7. Satisfactory-Progress -- Remedial Courses (Division II). The subcommittee reviewed the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 14.4.3.4.6 and determined that remedial/developmental courses may be used to satisfy minimum satisfactory-progress requirements provided the institution considers the course(s) to be a prerequisite for a specific degree-credit course or a prerequisite for a specific level of degree-credit courses and the other provisions of Bylaw 14.4.3.4.6 are satisfied. [Reference: NCAA Bylaw 14.4.3.4.6 (remedial, tutorial or noncredit courses).]

Providing On-Campus Housing

8. Providing On-Campus Housing not Available to the General Student Body to Student-Athletes (Division II). The subcommittee reviewed the provisions of NCAA Bylaws 15.2.2.2, 16.5.2.1 and 16.02.3 and determined that an institution is not permitted to provide on-campus housing to student-athletes when on-campus housing is not available to the general student body. [Reference: NCAA Bylaws 15.2.2.2 (remedial, tutorial or noncredit courses), 16.5.2.1 (housing benefits) and 16.02.3 (extra benefit).]

Financial Aid -- Board Allowance

9. Financial Aid -- Board Allowance (Equivalencies). The subcommittee reviewed 2000 NCAA Convention Proposal No. 18 and determined that an institution would continue to calculate equivalencies using the institution's full-board plan as published in the institution's catalog. The institution would not increase either the numerator or denominator in the student-athlete's equivalency even if the student-athlete is receiving the equivalent of 21 meals per week.

One-Time Transfer Exception

9. Use of One-Time Transfer Exception by a "2-4-4" Transfer (Division II). If a qualifier initially enrolls at a two-year college, transfers to a Division III or four-year nonmember institution where the student-athlete is eligible for competition, attends the Division III or four-year nonmember institution for less than a full academic year and subsequently transfers to a Division II institution, the student-athlete may not use the one-time transfer exception set forth in NCAA Bylaw 14.5.5.3.11 to be immediately eligible for competition at the Division II institution, unless the student-athlete would have been immediately eligible for competition under the Division II transfer regulations had the student-athlete transferred directly from the two-year college to the Division II institution. For example, a student-athlete who is a qualifier initially enrolls at a two-year college, attends the two-year college for two full-time semesters and completes 22 hours of transferable degree credit with a 2.75 cumulative grade-point average, transfers to an NAIA institution and is eligible for competition under NAIA rules, officially withdraws from the NAIA institution after only one week of attendance and subsequently transfers to a Division II institution. In that case, the student-athlete is not eligible to use the one-time transfer exception upon transferring to the Division II institution even if the student-athlete would have been eligible had he or she remained at the NAIA institution, inasmuch as the student-athlete failed to complete 24 hours of transferable degree credit at the two-year college as required by the Division II two-year college transfer regulations. [References: Bylaws 14.5.4 (two-year college transfers), 14.5.4.2.1 (qualifier), 14.5.5.3 (exceptions or waivers for transfers from four-year colleges) and 14.5.5.3.11 (one-time transfer exception).]