Teleconference
January 27, 2003

The interpretations subcommittee of the Division II Legislation Committee issued the following interpretations:

Two-Year and Four-Year Degree Programs

1. Institution that Offers Two-Year and Four-Year Degree Programs. The transfer eligibility of an individual enrolled in an institution that (1) offers two-year and four-year degree programs; (2) conducts its athletics program as a member of a junior college athletic association (for example, National Junior College Athletics Association), and (3) the admissions standards are the same for those students entering a two-year degree program and those entering a four-year degree program, shall be evaluated using the two-year college transfer requirements. [References: NCAA Bylaws 14.5.4 (two-year college transfers) and 14.5.5 (four-year college transfers); a 06/22/88 staff interpretation, item d; a 01/07/83 official interpretation, Item No. 16-b.]

Progress-Toward- Degree Requirements

2. Progress-Toward-Degree Requirements -- Minimum Grade-Point Average -- Credit Hours. At the time of certification (for example, fall semester, winter quarter), a student-athlete shall meet the grade-point average requirement based on the student-athlete's completed number of semester or quarter hours. [Reference: 2003 NCAA Convention Proposal No. 19.]