Division II Financial Aid

Lincoln UniversityNCAA Rules Education

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

Overview

WHAT IS INSTITUTIONAL AID?

All funds administered by the institution including: Scholarships.

Grants.

Tuition waivers based on athletics ability.

Loans.NCAA Bylaw 15.02.4.1

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)

Institutional Aid

WHAT ARE OTHER 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

Sources of Permissible Financial Aid

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

Aid from Outside Sources: Athletics Participation Not 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.

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

Aid from Outside Sources: Athletics Participation as a Major Criterion

RECRUITED VERSUS NONRECRUITED. WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Type of Aid Recruited? Sport Limit Full Grant-in-Aid

Outside grant, athletics major criterion

Yes Yes Yes

No No Yes

Outside grant, athletics not a major criterion

Yes No Yes

No No No (Yes, if receiving athletics aid).

Impact of Recruited Status

EXEMPTED AID. INSIDE AND OUT.

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

What is Exempted Institutional Financial Aid?

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)

Institutional Financial Aid That 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

What Institutional Financial Aid May Be Exempted?

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.

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.

Criteria for Academic Awards

Legitimate loans provided:

Regular repayment schedule;

Available to all students; and

Administered the same for all students.Bylaw 15.02.4.3-(b)

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)

Institutional Financial Aid That May Be Exempted (continued)

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

Financial Aid That May Be Exempted

WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?

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

Reduction or Cancellation During the Period of the Award

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.

A Closer Look at a Voluntary Withdraw

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.

What does the May 14, 1996, Interpretation Tell Us?

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]

Reminder About Voluntary Withdrawals!

EQUIVALENCY COMPUTATIONS ANYONE?

Amount of student-athlete’s countable institutional financial aid received

Value of institution’s full grant-in-aid

Create the Fraction

$3,000 + $5,000 = $8,000

Institutional awards

$18,000In-state full grant-

in-aid

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

NEWLY ADOPTED LEGISLATION

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.

NCAA Proposal No. 2010-12

QUESTIONS