Legislative actions taken January 13 at the Division II business session of the 2003 NCAA Convention in Anaheim, California. Delegates reordered the agenda to place Proposal No. 36 immediately before Proposal No. 29.

Intent: To specify that violations of Bylaw 13.4.3 (conference restrictions), 13.4.4.2 (NCAA or conference championship posters), 13.7.5.5.2 (multiple hosts), 13.7.5.5.3 (nonqualifier probation), 13.7.5.5.4 (use of automobile), 13.11.6 (photograph of prospects) and 13.14.1 (coach involvement) are de minimus in nature. Approved.

Intent: To specify circumstances in which an institution does not have to declare ineligible and seek restoration on behalf of a prospective student-athlete who received an improper benefit while a prospect, provided the individual repays the value of the benefit. Approved.

Intent: To specify that results of a medical examination conducted by an institution during a prospect's official or unofficial visit may not be used to determine the admission of the prospect. Approved.

Intent: To permit institutions to appeal a conference denial of a hardship waiver to the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee. Approved.

Intent: To specify that the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee shall administer waiver requests of the 10-semester/15-quarter rule for student-athletes of the national service academies. Approved.

Intent: To establish the general principle of restitution for violations of Bylaw 15.2.3 (books and supplies). Approved.

Intent: To better define the expectations of the senior woman administrator position in Division II and to specify that an institution that has a female director of athletics may designate a different female administrator to serve as the senior woman administrator. Approved, 224-11-2.

Intent: To specify that a member institution may satisfy the "once-every-three years" financial audit requirement of its athletics department, provided the institution conducts an overall institutional financial audit at least once every three years and the overall institutional financial audit includes an audit of all athletics department funds. Approved.

Intent: To specify that at least once every 10 years, an institution's rules-compliance program shall be the subject of review by the NCAA, the conference office or an authority outside of the athletics department approved by the conference office. Defeated.

Intent: To specify that a professional team is an organized team that provides any of its players more than actual and necessary expenses, as specified, or declares itself to be a professional team. Approved.

Intent: To permit student-athletes to receive educational expenses from a professional team/league under specified conditions. Approved.

Intent: To establish one bylaw for full-time enrollment requirements for practice and competition. Approved, 238-0-0.

Intent: To permit an individual who uses a season(s) of competition in a specific sport per Bylaw 14.2.4.3 (participation in organized competition prior to initial collegiate enrollment) to fulfill an academic year in residence at any NCAA active member institution, provided he/she does not engage in any competition in that specific sport while serving the residence requirement. Approved.

Intent: To eliminate the requirement that in order to receive a medical hardship waiver, the injury or illness must occur before the completion of the first half of the playing season. Approved, 218-19-1.

Effective Date: August 1, 2003, for any injury or illness occurring on or after August 1, 2003.

Intent: To establish a season-of-competition waiver that may be granted due to extenuating circumstances for student-athletes who competed while eligible in a limited amount of competition. Approved.

Intent: To increase from 13 to 14 the minimum number of core-course units for a qualifier and to require the one additional core-course unit be earned in any core-course area. Approved, 222-14-1.

Effective date: August 1, 2005, for those student-athletes first entering a collegiate institution full-time on or after August 1, 2005.

Intent: To specify that the temporary certification period for recruited and nonrecruited freshman and transfer student-athletes will be a 45-day period. Approved, 223-5-1.

Intent: To specify that all credits earned during the first two years of collegiate enrollment that are accepted toward any (as opposed to a student-athlete's designated) program at the certifying institution may be used for the purposes of satisfactory-progress requirements. Approved, 232-2-0.

Intent: To specify that minimum grade-point average requirements are calculated based on completed credit hours as opposed to full-time semester/quarter (terms) of attendance or seasons of competition. Approved, 227-5-1.

Effective date: August 1, 2004.

Intent: To specify that a student-athlete must present a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 1.800 and 1.900 after a student's first and second seasons of competition. Approved, 218-14-4.

Effective date: August 1, 2004.

Intent: To specify that for purposes of calculating student-athlete's minimum grade-point averages, the institution must use the calculation method used by the institution for all students. Approved, 220-10-1.

Effective date: August 1, 2003. (For all certifications subsequent to August 1, 2003.)

Intent: To eliminate the requirement that prior approval be obtained from the certifying institution for courses taken during another institution's summer term that are to be used in determining academic status and allow institutions to apply their own policies to determine whether such courses may be used toward academic standing and satisfactory-progress requirements. Approved, 224-10-0.

Intent: To eliminate the requirements relating to a transfer student serving his or her residence requirement while attending an institution's night school. Approved, 219-1-4.

Intent: To specify that the requirements for competition, practice and athletics aid for two-year college transfers are the same for qualifiers, partial qualifiers and nonqualifiers. Approved, 207-21-5.

Intent: To specify that 4-2-4 transfers will be certified in the same manner as 2-4 transfers. Approved, 226-6-1.

Intent: To specify a two-year college transfer who has met the two-year transfer eligibility requirements is not eligible to compete during the segment that concludes with the NCAA championship at the certifying institution if the student-athlete has competed during that segment of the same academic year in that sport at the previous two-year institution. Approved, 231-4-2.

Intent: To permit an institution to provide six complimentary admissions to a student-athlete who participates in or is a member of a team participating in a conference championship. Defeated, 97-138-5.

Intent: To add the sports of equestrian and rugby as emerging sports for women. Approved.

Intent: In the sports of cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and women's volleyball, to specify that an institution shall not begin practice until 21 days prior to the institution's first date of competition. Part C as amended: Approved. Parts A, B, D and E as amended: Approved, 135-98-1. Motion to reconsider amended Parts A, B, D and E: Approved, 149-82-2. Reconsideration of amended Parts A, B, D and E: Defeated, 86-144-3.

Intent: In the sports of cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and women's volleyball, to specify that an institution shall not begin practice until 21 days prior to the first permissible date of competition. Part C approved. Parts A, B, D and E approved.

Intent: In football, to amend the preseason practice legislation as specified. Part A moot due to approval of Part C of amended Proposal No. 36. Part B: Approved.

Intent: To permit a prospective student-athlete who has signed a National Letter of Intent to be employed at that institution's summer camp or clinic for up to a total of 10 camp days. Defeated.

Intent: To specify that Proposal No. 30 applies only to basketball student-athletes. Defeated.

Intent: In women's basketball, to establish a dead period between the Saturday prior to the start of the Division I Women's Basketball Championship through Wednesday, noon, following the championship game. Approved.

Intent: To change the effective date of Proposal No. 31 from August 1, 2003, to immediate. Approved.

Effective Date: Immediate.

Intent: In women's basketball, to limit the number of events at AAU events to a maximum of four during May and June. Approved. Motion to reconsider: Defeated.

Effective date: Immediate.

Intent: To exclude from individual and team limits any state government grants awarded solely on bases having no relationship to athletics ability. Approved.

Intent: In basketball, to permit an institution to exempt one contest as part of a "conference challenge" from an institution's maximum contest limitations as specified. Defeated, 88-141-4. Motion to reconsider: Defeated.

Intent: In basketball, to specify that a member institution shall not play its first contest (game or scrimmage) with outside competition before November 15. Approved.

Intent: In the sports of cross country, field hockey, football, soccer and women's volleyball, to specify that an institution shall not engage in its first date of competition before the Thursday preceding September 1. Part C: Approved. Parts A, B, D and E: Approved.

Intent: In golf and tennis, to permit an institution that counts golf or tennis as a fall sport and discontinues its championship segment activities by November 1 (instead of November 15) to add 15 calendar days to the period of 45 consecutive calendar days available during the nonchampionship segment. Approved.