TITLE 127 LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION
SERIES 5 BAND AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
§127-5-1. General. 1.1. Scope. -- These rules and regulations govern band and other West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission sanctioned activities. 1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Constitution, Article XII, §2, and W. Va. Code §§18-2-5, 18-2-25, 18-2-25a, and 18225b. 1.3. Filing Date. -- July 14, 2022. 1.4. Effective Date. -- September 12, 2022. 1.5. Repeal of Former Rule. -- This legislative rule amends W. Va. 127CSR5, West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Series 5, Band Activities, filed August 10, 2018, and effective October 9, 2018. §127-5-2. Enrollment and Membership - Band. 2.1. All members of a member school band must be enrolled in that school; §127-5-2.3 is the only exception. 2.2. Majorettes, flag corps, drill teams, etc. are considered an integral part of the band and shall be adjudicated and governed accordingly. Any performance by a majorette, member of a flag corps or drill team, without the band, shall not be considered a band activity. 2.3. Instrumental music students in 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grades of a feeder school which does not have its own band and who receive their instruction from the band director of the high school band in which the students will eventually enroll shall be eligible to participate in the band directed by their instructor. 2.4. Participants in secondary school interscholastic band activities shall be eligible only for the number of years in which they are enrolled and attending a secondary school. 2.5. Students enrolled in schools serving grades five through eight may be eligible to participate in all band activities. §127-5-3. Scholarship - Band. 3.1. All high school students are required to be enrolled in the equivalent of at least four content area course credits toward graduation. Failure to earn passing marks in the equivalent of at least four content area courses toward graduation shall render a student ineligible for the following semester. 3.1.a. Two of those four content area course credits must be in English language arts, social studies, mathematics or science, and may or may not be in the same subject. 3.1.b. If a student has completed all state, county, and school requirements, they may select four full credits from any area of the curriculum offered by the school.
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