(State) In an update to winter sports guidance from the Iowa High School Athletic Association, students with failing grades will no longer be prevented from participating in high school activities. The move is the result of a proclamation from Governor Kim Reynolds. The full release can be seen below.
The Department of Education this week provided this interpretation to the Scholarship Rule as updated in Governor Reynolds’ latest proclamation:
“The Governor’s Office and the Department believe the best public policy is to interpret the proclamation language to give every student athlete an academic fresh start. This is due to the difficulties some districts have faced in implementing remote learning and the large scale need of keeping student athletes connected to education.”
Therefore, effective immediately, all students who failed a course during the last grading period and are serving a 30-day suspension under the Scholarship Rule are immediately eligible. Music and Speech have adopted this same eligibility accommodation for their students.
