Division II Financial Aid

1. Division II Financial Aid Jenn Fraser and Leslie Schuemann 2010 Regional Rules Seminars

2. Overview • Sources of financial aid. • Exempted aid. • Financial aid from outside sources. • Reduction and cancellation. • Determining equivalencies. • Newly adopted legislation. • Questions.

3. What is institutional aid?

4. Institutional Aid • All funds administered by the institution including: • Scholarships. • Grants. • Tuition waivers based on athletics ability. • Loans. NCAA Bylaw 15.02.4.1

5. Institutional Aid • Aid from government or private sources if institution: • Selects recipient; or • Determines amount of aid; or • Provides matching or supplementary funds. Bylaw 15.02.4.1-(b)

6. What are other sources of permissible financial aid?

7. Sources of Permissible Financial Aid • Aid from person student-athlete is naturally or legally dependent. • Aid awarded with no relationship to athletics ability. • Education expenses from the United States Olympic Committee. • Count in sport-by-sport limit. • Count against full grant-in-aid. Bylaw 15.02.4.2

8. Aid from Outside Sources: Athletics Participation Not Major Criterion • Awarded from an established and continuing outside program: • Award made based on past performance or overall record; • Written notification must be provided to the certifying institution; and • The donor of the aid may not dictate where the recipient must attend. • Does not count against sport limit. • If RECRUITED award counts against student-athlete’s full grant-in-aid limit. Bylaw 15.2.5.3

9. Aid from Outside Sources: Athletics Participation as a Major Criterion • Aid awarded from an established and continuing outside program: • Recognition of outstanding high school graduates. • Written notification must be provided to the certifying institution. • Award may only be provided once.

10. Aid from Outside Sources: Athletics Participation as a Major Criterion • The donor may not: • Dictate where the recipient must attend; or • Be a representative of athletics interest or booster. • If RECRUITED award counts against sport limit. • Award counts against student-athlete’s full grant-in-aid limit. Bylaw 15.2.5.4

11. Recruited versus nonrecruited. Why does it matter?

12. Impact of Recruited Status

13. exempted aid. Inside and out.

14. What is Exempted Institutional Financial Aid? • Aid that does not count in the student-athlete’s: • Full grant-in-aid; or • Cost of attendance. • Aid that does not count in institutional financial aid limitations. Bylaw 15.02.4.3

15. Institutional Financial Aid That May Be Exempted • Academic award for outstanding academic achievement or research grant, provided: • Standing scholarship or established research grant; • Basis of award is academic record at awarding institution; and • Competition among the students of a class or college. Bylaw 15.02.4.3-(a)-(2)

16. What Institutional Financial Aid May Be Exempted? • Academic Awards: • Awarded independently of athletics; • Normal arrangement for academic scholarships; • Amount consistent; and • Must meet exemption criteria. Bylaw 15.02.4.3

17. Criteria for Academic Awards • Based on high school performance: • Meets minimum institutional criteria; and • Meets high school criteria: • Ranked in upper 20 percent of graduating class or cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.500 (based on maximum 4.000); or • Minimum ACT score of 100 or minimum SAT score of 1140.

18. Criteria for Academic Awards • Student-athlete does not meet the exemption criteria based on the high school record: • At least one academic year in college; and • Achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.300 for all academic work at the awarding institution.

19. Institutional Financial Aid That May Be Exempted (continued) • Legitimate loans provided: • Regular repayment schedule; • Available to all students; and • Administered the same for all students. Bylaw 15.02.4.3-(b)

20. Institutional Financial Aid That May Be Exempted (continued) • Out-of-state tuition waivers with no relationship to athletics ability. • Employee dependent tuition benefits. • Postgraduate scholarship awarded in accordance with Bylaw 16.1.3.1.1. Bylaw 15.02.4.3-(b)

21. Financial Aid That May Be Exempted • Exempted government grants. • Pell Grants. • Supplemental Educational Opportunities Grants. • State government grants. • Other grants listed in Bylaw 15.2.4.1. • Operation Gold Grant. Bylaws 15.02.4.4 and 15.02.4.4

22. what are my options?

23. Reduction or Cancellation During the Period of the Award • An institution may reduce or cancel institutional aid during the period of the award, provided: • Renders himself or herself ineligible for competition; • Fraudulent misrepresentation; • Serious misconduct; or • Voluntary withdraw. Bylaw 15.3.4.1 • Requires a hearing opportunity. Bylaw 15.3.2.4

24. A Closer Look at a Voluntary Withdraw • Voluntary withdraw allows an institution to reduce or cancel financial aid. • Aid cannot be awarded to another student-athlete: • In the term of reduction or cancellation; or • During the ensuing academic term, if the award was cancelled prior to the regular academic term.

25. What does the May 14, 1996, Interpretation Tell Us? • Aid may be awarded to a another student-athlete, provided: • Institution did not award the maximum equivalency in that sport. • Aid may be awarded in the same academic term as the voluntary withdraw.

26. Reminder About Voluntary Withdrawals! • A student-athlete requesting permission to contact another institution does not equate to voluntarily withdrawing from a team. Staff Interpretation [Reference: 1/26/05, Item No. 1a]

27. Equivalency computations anyone?

28. Create the Fraction

29. Example Lanie is a volleyball student-athlete receiving a $3,000 institutional scholarship for graphic design and a $5,000 athletics award for volleyball. The full in-state grant-in-aid at Kennedy University is $18,000. = 0.44

30. Newly adopted legislation

31. NCAA Proposal No. 2010-12 • Establishes a "hierarchy model" for financial aid in sand volleyball. • A multisport student-athlete (volleyball and sand volleyball), aid counts against the volleyball equivalency. • Maximum equivalency of 5.0 for sand volleyball. • No competitive advantage in volleyball by offering sand volleyball financial aid to student-athletes who were recruited to play volleyball.

32. questions