The following is the corrected version of a chart published in the April 29 issue of The NCAA News in which two columns were eliminated.]

The information for each country may be inserted into the following template: The expected high-school graduation date for student-athletes shall be the date of qualifying for (insert name of credential or document) within (insert number) years of the onset of (insert the term for secondary education).

For example, for Lithuania, the template would read: "The expected high-school graduation date for student-athletes shall be the date of qualifying for the Brandos Atestatas within four years of the onset of Gymnasium."

Gymnasium is secondary education in Lithuania. Once a student enters Gymnasium, the student has four years in which to receive the Brandos Atestatas, which is the graduation certificate. If it takes a student longer than four years to receive the Brandos Atestatas, that student would be subject to the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 14.2.4.2, if during the time after the four-year period, the student participated in any of the prohibited activities listed in the bylaw.

Another example: Tunisia.

"The expected high-school graduation date for student-athletes shall be the date of qualifying for the Diplome de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degre within three years of the onset of Upper Secondary School."

Therefore, once a student from Tunisia enters Upper Secondary School, the student has three years to get the Diplome de Bachelier de l'Enseignement du Second Degre. If it takes the student more than three years, the student is subject to the provisions of the bylaw.

The Foreign Student Records Committee currently is working on establishing expected dates of secondary-school graduation for more countries. Therefore, if an institution is recruiting a student-athlete from a country not represented on this chart, or the ones published in the April 23, 2001, and January 7, 2002, issues of The NCAA News, contact Robert Rhoads of the NCAA membership services staff at 317/917-6222.