GUIDELINES AND TIMELINE FOR SUBMITTING COMPETITION AND TRAVEL SCHEDULES TO THE FACULTY ACADEMIC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON ATHLETICS (FAOCIA)

1. Proposed competition, travel schedules and proposed schedule changes are to be submitted by the athletics director or designee to the chair of the FAOCIA.

2. Tentative fall semester schedules need to be approved by the Committee no later than April 15. Tentative spring semester schedules need to be approved no later than October 1.

3. Actual travel schedules and missed class days must be submitted to the chair of the Committee, at minimum, two weeks prior to the start of each semester. For fall semester, August 15 and for spring semester, December 15.

4. The Committee will approve a schedule if it meets the policy provisions.

(See Policy on Scheduling). Any scheduling changes that occur during a semester must be submitted to the chair of the FAOCIA with an explanation of why the schedule needed to be changed.

5.         Athletic events, including travel, may not be scheduled from the beginning of Study Day to the end of Finals Week. Requests for exceptions may be presented to the Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP) by the athletic director/designee. Athletic events that are part of logical progression to a Conference or NCAA championship are excluded from this prohibition (see Policy on Scheduling).

6.         An academic plan is required for any travel causing a student-athlete to be away from campus more than two class day absences per week or more than nine missed class days per semester. The academic plan shall be submitted in advance by the director of academic counseling to the chair of the FAOCIA and requires approval (see attached academic plan for travel report).

7 The athletics director/designee shall provide the FAOCIA with a final report on the actual class days missed within no more than 30 days of the end of the last sport season of that semester, for those teams who miss between 6-9 days.

8 The director of ACSS will provide the FAOCIA with a final report on the actual number of evening classes missed because of approved travel for each sport at the end of each semester.

Approved Spring, 2003 by FAOCIA, SCEP and

the Assembly Steering Committee