5.5. The Board of Directors is authorized to grant a waiver to the Semester and Season Rule when it determines the rule fails to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended and/or when the rule causes extreme and undue hardship upon the student. Waivers may be granted in the following circumstances: 5.5.a. The Board of Directors is authorized to consider cases in which a student did not stay in continuous enrollment because of personal illness, or no school was available, or because of other undue hardship reasons ascertained through investigation. 5.5.b. The Board of Directors is authorized to release from the continuous enrollment restriction provided no participation has occurred during the semester(s) in question. 5.5.c. In no event may a student be allowed to participate for more than seven seasons or fourteen semesters in any one sport in grades 6-12. 5.6. The Board of Directors is authorized to assess appropriate penalties to the student or to the school if the Board of Directors determines through its investigation that the student or the school tried to evade the rule by subterfuge. §127-2-6. Scholarship. 6.1. The official school transcript will be used to determine a student’s eligibility and will be regarded as final. 6.2. In accordance with W. Va. §126CSR26, Policy 2436.10, Participation in Extracurricular Activities (C Rule) (Policy 2436.10), students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average to participate in interscholastic athletics. §127-2-7. Residence-Transfer. 7.1. Part A - Residence - This residence rule applies to all students enrolled in grades 6-12 in all member schools. 7.1.a. A student shall be eligible in the school located in the attendance zone in which the student’s parents reside. Public secondary school attendance zones shall be established by official action by each county board of education. The attendance zones of a private/parochial member school shall be identical with the attendance zone of the public school in which the private/parochial member school is located. In the event of overlapping attendance zones, a student shall be eligible at the school in which the student first chooses to enroll upon entering the 9 th grade. 7.1.b. When a town or city is located in two counties and only one public secondary school is located in the town or city, students living in the town or city may attend this secondary school if mutually agreed upon by the two county boards of education and approved by the Board of Directors. A student shall be eligible at the school in which the student first chooses to enroll upon entering 9 th grade. 7.1.c. A student who is in the care of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR) shall be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics as a member of the athletic teams of the secondary school in the zone in which the WVDHHR places the student in a home, provided the student is otherwise eligible. 7.1.d. A student entering a school as an "unaccompanied youth" under the conditions of the federal McKinney-Vento Act, provided the student is otherwise eligible. 7.1.e. A student may be eligible outside the specified zone of attendance if the student has been in attendance in that zone the immediately preceding year (365 days). There can be no change of residence involving change of attendance zone during the immediately preceding year (365 days).
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