Legislative action taken January 8 at the Division II business session of the 2001 NCAA Convention in Orlando:

No. 1 Eligibility --
Restitution for Receipt of Improper Benefit

Intent: To increase from $25 to $50 the dollar limit for which an institution does not have to declare an individual (i.e., prospective or enrolled student-athlete) ineligible and seek reinstatement when the individual receives an improper benefit, provided the individual repays the value of the improper benefit. Adopted.*

No. 2 Recruiting -- Entertainment on Official Visits --Restitution for Receipt of Improper Benefits

Intent: To specify that an institution does not have to declare a student-athlete ineligible and seek reinstatement for violations of Bylaw 13.7.6 when a student-athlete received an improper benefit, provided the student-athlete repays the value of the improper benefit. Adopted.

No. 3 Recruiting --
Camps/Conferences -- Athletes in Action

Intent: To specify that camps, clinics and conferences conducted by Athletes in Action shall be exempt from NCAA restrictions on camps and clinics. Adopted.

No. 4 Recruiting -- High-School All-Star Games

Intent: To permit coaches to coach a high-school all-star game when previous contractual agreements exist. Adopted.

No. 5 De Minimis Violations

Intent: To specify instances in which a de minimis violation will not render a prospective student-athlete ineligible while retaining the fact that such a violation shall be considered an institutional violation. Part D moot due to adoption of Proposal No. 22. Adopted.*

No. 6 10-Semester/15-Quarter
Extension Request -- Eligibility for Practice

Intent: To permit a student-athlete who has exhausted his or her 10-semesters-15-quarters of eligibility to practice, but not compete, for 30 consecutive calendar days provided the institution has filed a 10-semester/15-quarter extension request per NCAA Bylaw 30.6.1 with the NCAA national office. Adopted.

No. 7 Eligibility --
Collegiate All-Star Contests

Intent: To preclude student-athletes with eligibility remaining from participating in collegiate all-star contests in all sports. Adopted.

No. 8 Eligibility --
Restitution for Receipt of Improper Benefits

Intent: To specify instances in which a de minimis violation of Bylaw 16 will not render an enrolled student-athlete ineligible while retaining the fact that such a violation shall be considered an institutional violation. Adopted.*

No. 9 Permissible Benefits -- Postseason Events

Intent: To permit institutions to secure or reserve lodging at postseason events at a reduced or special rate for the parents (or legal guardians) and relatives of student-athletes participating in the event. Adopted.*

No. 10 Legislative Process -- Amendment-to-Amendment Requirements

Intent: To specify that amendments-to-amendments may be sponsored by one conference or eight active member institutions. Adopted.

No. 11 Legislative Process -- Proposals Sponsored by Presidents Council

Intent: To give the Presidents Council authority to waive the September 1 Presidents Council sponsorship deadline as specified. Adopted.

No. 12 Amateurism -- Activities Prior to Initial Enrollment

Intent: To permit individuals to participate in certain activities prior to initial collegiate enrollment without jeopardizing eligibility and to specify that an individual may be charged with a season(s) of competition during each calendar year of participation in outside competition subsequent to high-school graduation and prior to initial collegiate enrollment. Adopted, 217-29-2.

No. 13 Recruiting -- Telephone Calls

Intent: To permit an institution to make unlimited telephone calls to prospective student-athletes subsequent to the calendar day on which the prospect signed the institution's written offer of admission or financial aid, provided that date is not prior to the initial regular signing date for the National Letter of Intent program. Defeated, 116-133-2. Motion to reconsider defeated, 109-127.

No. 14 Initial Eligibility -- Core Curriculum Requirements -- Computer Science

Intent: To specify that computer science courses are not acceptable core courses in meeting initial-eligibility core-curriculum requirements. Adopted.

No. 15 Financial Aid --
Eligibility for Financial Aid

Intent: To permit an institution to grant athletically related financial aid for a maximum of 10 semesters/15 quarters and to provide institutional financial aid after this time period at the discretion of the institution consistent with institutional policies for awarding financial aid in general. Adopted, 229-14-2.

No. 16 Financial Aid -- Tuition Waivers

Intent: To specify that institutional tuition waivers not awarded based in any degree on athletics ability are exempt from individual and institutional financial aid limits. Adopted, 201-41-2.

No. 17 Financial Aid -- Academic Honors Awards and Honorary Academic Awards

Intent: To clarify the application of Academic Honor Awards and Honorary Academic Awards and to exempt Academic Honor Awards from counting in individual financial aid limits. Adopted, 243-3-0.

No. 18 Financial Aid --
Employee Dependent Tuition Benefits

Intent: To eliminate the requirement that an institution must count "employee dependent tuition benefits" against individual and institutional limits. Adopted, 232-14-1.

No. 19 Financial Aid -- On-Campus Employment

Intent: To exempt all on-campus employment earnings from both individual and institutional financial aid limits. Adopted, 215-28-0.

No. 20 Exempted Government Grants --
Federal Supplemental
Education Opportunities Grant (SEOG)

Intent: To add the Federal Supplemental Education Opportunities Grant to the list of government grants that may be exempted from institutional and individual limits. Adopted, 200-42-5.

No. 21 Financial Aid -- Off-Campus Employment During Vacation Period

Intent: To exempt, from institutional and individual financial aid limits, earnings from off-campus employment that occurs during any institutional vacation period. Adopted, 238-8-1.

No. 22 Summer Financial Aid

Intent: To permit Division II institutions to provide summer financial aid to student-athletes in accordance with institutional policy applicable to the general student body. Adopted, 218-29-0.

No. 23 Financial Aid -- Awarding Institutional Financial Aid to Professional Athlete

Intent: To permit a student-athlete who is eligible for competition in a sport to receive athletically related financial aid, even if the student-athlete is a professional in a second sport and is under contract or receiving compensation from a professional organization in the second sport. Adopted, 227-18-1.

No. 24 Financial Aid -- Financial Aid -- Counters

Intent: To specify that a student-athlete is not considered a counter solely due to the receipt of earnings from employment in the athletics department or athletics facilities. Adopted, 227-20-1.

No. 25 Maximum Institutional Grant-in-Aid Limitations -- Injury or Illness After Initial Practice

Intent: To specify that student-athletes sustaining an incapacitating injury or illness during or subsequent to the first practice will count during the current academic term but may be exempted in subsequent academic terms. Adopted, 238-6-1.

No. 26 Financial Aid -- Counters

Intent: To revise the definition of a "counter" as specified. Part B moot due to adoption of Proposal No. 24. Adopted, 243-4-2.

No. 27 Financial Aid -- Multiple-Sport Participants

Intent: To permit an institution, at its discretion, to count financial aid awarded to a multiple-sport student-athlete in either sport in which the individual participates, provided the student-athlete legitimately satisfied the requirements set forth in Bylaw 15.5.3.6.1. Adopted as amended, 198-51-0.

No. 27-1 Financial Aid --
Multiple-Sport Participants

Intent: To permit an institution to count financial aid awarded to a multiple-sport student-athlete within the maximum institutional limitations of either or both sports as specified by the student-athlete's financial aid agreement. Adopted, 199-42-6.

No. 28 Financial Aid -- On-Campus Employment

Intent: To exempt from individual and institutional limits all on-campus employment earnings outside of the athletics department or athletics facility up to $2,000 above full grant-in-aid. Moot due to the adoption of Proposal No. 19.

No. 29 Playing and Practice Seasons --
Individual Skill Instruction

Intent: In sports other than football, to permit four student-athletes from the same sport to participate in individual skill-related instruction outside of the playing season during the academic year. Adopted.

No. 30 Men's Championships --
Sponsorship Criteria -- Minimum Period

Intent: To specify that a new championship may be established in a men's sport if the minimum number of sponsoring institutions exists for one academic year (rather than for two consecutive academic years). Adopted.

No. 31 Amateurism -- Educational Expenses

Intent: To permit individuals to accept educational expenses (i.e., tuition and fees, room and board, and books) prior to collegiate enrollment from any individual or entity other than an agent, professional sports team/organization or representative of an institution's athletics interests, provided such expenses are disbursed directly through the recipient's educational institution (e.g., preparatory school, high school). Adopted.*

No. 32 Recruiting -- Publicity

Intent: To permit athletics department staff members and, under special conditions, coaches to serve as announcers for high-school, college preparatory or two-year college contests. Adopted.

No. 33 Recruiting -- Publicity

Intent: To permit noncoaching members of an institution's athletics staff to serve as an announcer or commentator on high-school, college preparatory or two-year college radio or television broadcasts. Moot due to adoption of Proposal No. 32.

No. 34 Eligibility -- 10-Semester Rule --
Joint College/High-School Programs

Intent: To indicate that an individual would not utilize a semester by enrolling in a joint college/high-school program unless the individual practices or competes for the college's athletics programs. Adopted.

No. 35 Satisfactory Progress --
Missed Term Exception

Intent: To prohibit the use of the missed-term exception during a student-athlete's initial academic year of residence at the certifying institution. Adopted.

No. 36 Two-Year College Transfer Eligibility --
Two- Year Nonparticipation Exception

Intent: To modify the two-year college transfer legislation to permit a student-athlete to be immediately eligible at a Division II institution upon transfer, provided the student satisfies to provisions of the two-year nonparticipation exception applicable to "4-4" and "4-2-4" transfers. Adopted.

No. 37 "4-2-4" Transfer Eligibility --
Nonrecruited Student Exception

Intent: To modify the "4-2-4" transfer legislation to permit a student-athlete to be immediately eligible at a second four-year institution upon transfer from a two-year college, provided the student satisfies the provisions of the nonrecruited student exception applicable to two-year transfers. Adopted.

No. 38 Eligibility -- Penalty for Ineligible Participation or Receipt of Improper Aid

Intent: To eliminate the legislation specifying that the loss of a student-athlete's eligibility due to ineligible participation or receipt of improper aid applies only to the institution involved in the violation. Adopted.

No. 39 Financial Aid -- Course-Related Supplies

Intent: To permit an institution to provide a student-athlete with financial aid that covers the actual cost of required course-related supplies and to include such required course-related supplies in the value of a student-athlete's full grant-in-aid. Adopted.

No. 40 Permissible Academic and
Support Services -- Day Planners

Intent: To permit an institution to provide day planners to student-athletes. Adopted.*

No. 41 Contest Exemption --
Football -- Texas Bowl

Intent: To permit teams from the Lone Star Conference and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to participate in the Texas Bowl beyond the legislated end of the playing season and to exempt such participation from the maximum permissible number of contests. Adopted.

No. 42 Contest Exemption -- Football -- West Coast Bowl

Intent: To permit teams from the Pacific West Conference/Columbia Football Association and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to participate in the West Coast Bowl beyond the legislated end of the playing season and to exempt such participation from the maximum permissible number of contests. Adopted.

No. 43 Enforcement -- Penalties for Major Violations -- Division II

Intent: To permit the Committee on Infractions to impose financial penalties in cases involving findings of major violations of NCAA legislation. Adopted.

No. 44 Change of Division Membership -- Championships Eligibility

Intent: To specify that institutions reclassifying from NCAA Division II to Division III are eligible for Division II championships during the three-year reclassification compliance period. Adopted.*

No. 45 Resolution: Senior Woman Administrator

A resolution for Division II institutions to support and enhance the role of the senior woman administrator. Adopted.

*Effective immediately.