6.2.a. from a member school for participation; 6.2.b. in a sanctioned event; or
6.2.c. in a non-sanctioned event during the summer. 6.3. A student may not receive the following awards with a retail value that exceeds $100.00: 6.3.a. Wearing apparel - sweaters, jackets, etc.; 6.3.b. Equipment - radio, television, etc.; 6.3.c. Music instruments, batons, etc.; and 6.3.d. Money (scholarship to institutions of higher learning are exempted). 6.4. Member school bands may accept prizes and/or gratuities for participation in sanctioned events during the school term and in non-sanctioned events during the summer. 6.5. Purchase for a student of an item mentioned in §127-5-6.3.a-d whereby a portion is donated by a school, booster club, auxiliary agency, or any other group or organization cannot exceed the specified limit. 6.6. Nothing in §127-5-6 shall be interpreted to affect the recognition of scholarship or scholastic achievement. 6.7. Any student who accepts an award in any band activity, other than those approved in these rules, shall be ineligible to participate in any band activity for 365 days. §127-5-7. Classification of Schools - Band. 7.1. There shall be three classes of schools for bands: Class AAA, Class AA, and Class A. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the size of enrollment in each class. 7.2. Classification shall be determined every four years in the even numbered year and, when established, shall remain in effect for four school years. Classification shall be based on the second month’s enrollment of the previous odd numbered year. 7.3. Enrollment standard for schools will be the active enrollment of the total number of students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. 7.4. Member middle schools will not be given a classification. §127-5-8. Enrollment and Membership - Robotics 8.1. All members of a member school robotics team must be enrolled in that school. 8.2. Participants in secondary school interscholastic robotics activities shall be eligible only for the number of years in which they are enrolled and attending a secondary school. §127-5-9. Scholarship - Robotics 9.1. All students are required to be enrolled in the equivalent of at least four content area course credits toward graduation to participate in the state championship tournament. 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. 9.1.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. 9.1.b. If a student has completed all state, county, and school requirements, the student may select four full credits from any area of the curriculum offered by the school.
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