Following are legislative drafts of interpretations issued by the Interpretations Subcommittee of the Division II Legislation Committee and approved by the Division II Management Council. These were recommended by the Legislation Committee for incorporation into the Division II Manual. The recommendations have been approved by the Management Council and Presidents Council. The page numbers in the proposals refer to the 2004-05 NCAA Division II Manual.

Bold type indicates new wording; italicized type indicates wording removed.

Hardship Waiver -- Medical Documentation

Bylaws: Amend 14.2.5.2.2, page 115, as follows:

"14.2.5.2.2 Medical Documentation. Contemporaneous medical documentation shall be submitted with any hardship-waiver request. For circumstances involving psychological or mental illnesses, the required contemporaneous or other appropriate medical documentation may be provided by an individual who is qualified and licensed to diagnose and treat the particular illness (for example, psychologist)."

Eligibility -- Progress-Toward-Degree Requirements -- Fulfillment of Minimum Grade-Point-Average Requirements

Bylaws: Amend 14.4.3.2, page 124, as follows:

"14.4.3.2 Fulfillment of Minimum Grade-Point Average Requirements. A student-athlete shall meet the "satisfactory completion" provision of this requirement by maintaining a grade-point average that places the individual in good academic standing, as established by the institution for all students who are at an equivalent stage of progress toward a degree. To fulfill the "satisfactory completion" provision of this requirement, a student-athlete who first enters a Division II institution after the 1988-89 academic year must achieve the following cumulative minimum grade-point average (based on a maximum of 4.000) at the beginning of the fall term or at the beginning of any other regular term of that academic year, based on student-athlete earning:

"(a) At the completion of 24 semester or 36 quarter hours: 1.800;

"(b) At the completion of 48 semester or 72 quarter hours: 1.900;

"(c) At the completion of 72 semester or 108 quarter hours: 2.000; and

"(d) At the completion of 96 semester or 144 quarter hours: 2.000."