Tennessee High School

Preparing students for post-graduate success

• A student must earn five credits the preceding school year if fewer than 24 units are required for graduation or six credits the preceding school year if 24 or more credits are required for graduation. All credits must be earned by the first day of the beginning of the school year.
• A student must be enrolled before the 20^th school day of the semester, in regular attendance, and carrying at least five full courses during the present semester. A block schedule (such as THS) requires the student to be enrolled in 3 credit-bearing classes during the present term.
• A student is permitted eight semesters of eligibility beginning with the ninth grade. A student shall be ineligible in high school if he or she becomes 19 years of age on or before August 1 or in junior high if he or she becomes 16 years of age on or before August 1.
• Athletes must live at home with their parents or have lived for a minimum of one year with their legal guardians.
• In order for a transfer student with an athletic record to be eligible at another school, there must be a bona fide change of residence by the athlete’s parents.
• All transfer students must be approved by the Executive Director of TSSAA before participating in any game.
• A student who engages in three or more days of practice – including spring practice – with a high school in which he or she is enrolled shall be ineligible in that sport for 12 months if the student enrolls in another school without a corresponding change in the residence of his or her parents.
• A student whose name is listed on the school eligibility report cannot participate in an independent game or meet until the season has closed in that specific sport. (This does not apply to bowling, golf, tennis, wrestling, cross country, and track and field.)
• A registered athlete cannot accept any money for athletic skills in any TSSAA sponsored sport.
• An athlete may accept a medal, trophy, high school letter, sweater, jacket, shirt, blazer, or blanket for athletic participation but nothing else of commercial value, and these awards must carry the school’s letter or other appropriate award emblem.
• All expenses to an athletic camp where specified instruction is offered must be paid by the athlete or his parents.
• When an athlete is charged tuition to attend a school, it must be paid by the parent or bona fide guardian, or other family member.
• Any student repeating the 7^th grade after having passed the 7^th grade, or repeating the 8^th grade, after passing the 8^th grade, shall not be eligible to participate in athletics during their 9^th grade year.
• No student shall be permitted to participate in an all-star game during that sports season.
• Random Drug Testing – Any student participating in extracurricular activities, including Athletics, are required to adhere to the BTCS Random Drug Testing Policy.

TSSAA has also made the following interpretations pertaining to our school:

A student can only be eligible for participation in 9th grade athletics if he or she has passed the 8th grade. A student who is placed in the 9th grade from the 8th grade is ineligible for athletic participation during the 9th grade year. A student athlete on a block school schedule can become eligible for Term II athletic participation by passing at least three credit-bearing classes during the fall term.