PROCEDURES FOR APPROVING STUDENT-ATHLETES' PARTICIPATION
IN INVITATIONALS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

 

 

This procedure must be followed if class days missed exceeds the nine-day missed class policy.

 

1.         The coach will notify the athletic academic counseling staff as soon as a student-athlete is asked to participate in an "invitational" or other events that will cause the students' absence from class to exceed nine-days.

 

2.         The academic counselor promptly reports to the athletics director in writing, the student's current academic status. The counselor may choose to give a recommendation relative to participation in the event.

 

3.         If the athletics director decides to recommend participation, the director notifies the chair of the FAOCIA.

 

4.         The chair convenes the FAOCIA for review for official approval. If a committee meeting cannot be scheduled in time, the chair will make a determination on behalf of the committee and will report to the FAOCIA on the and his/her determination on behalf of the committee.

 

5.         If approved, the student-athlete writes to each faculty member explaining his/her upcoming absences.

 

6.         The director of compliance will report annually to the FAOCIA on all the requests to participate in athletic events that cause an excess of nine absences.

 

REVISED FALL 2002

Reviewed and Approved FAOCIA and the Assembly Steering Committee Spring 2003