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GENERAL INFORMATION

School coaches may not:

*Transport, register, or instruct students in grades 7-12 from their attendance zone in non-

school baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball or volleyball camps (exception school

coaches may hold one 6-day camp in their school district for incoming 7

, 8

and 9

grade

students).

*Give any instruction or schedule any practice for an individual or a team during the off-

season except during the one in school day athletic period in baseball, basketball, football,

soccer, softball or volleyball.

*Schools and school booster clubs may not provide funds, fees, or transportation for non-

school activities.

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY RULES

According to UIL standards, students are eligible to represent their school in interscholastic

activities if they:

*are not 19 years of age or older on or before September 1 of the current scholastic year.

(See 504 handicapped exception.)

*have not graduated from high school.

*are enrolled by the sixth class day of the current school or have been in attendance for

fifteen calendar days immediately preceding a varsity contest.

*are full-time day students in a participant high school.

*initially enrolled in the ninth grade not more than four calendar years ago.

*are meeting academic standards required by state law.

*live with their parents inside the school district attendance zone their first year of

attendance. (Parent residence applies to varsity athletic eligibility only.) When the parents

do not reside inside the district attendance zone the student could be eligible if: the student

has been in continuous attendance for at least one calendar year and has not enrolled at

another school; no inducement is given to the student to attend the school (for example:

students or their parents must pay room and board when they do not live with a relative;

students driving back into the district should pay their own transportation costs; and it is

not a violation of local school or TEA policies for the student to continue attending the

school. Students placed by the Texas Youth Commission are covered under Custodial

Residence (see Section 442 of the Constitution and Contest Rules).

*have observed all provisions of the Awards Rule.

General Information General Eligibility Rules