PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

ACADEMIC
The higher academic standards at Vacaville Christian Schools supersede the minimum standards of C.I.F. in terms of eligibility for VCS sports program. The following outlines the standards in which eligibility is defined:

• Eligible - Allows VCS students to participate in any sports team offered by VCS. The student must maintain a 2.0 G.P.A. or higher without any "F's" in any class.
  
  
• Ineligible - Allows VCS students to participate in any sports team offered by VCS, but the student is not eligible to participate in any game, regardless if the game is a league, non league, scrimmage, or tournaments. The student cannot suit up for the game and must remain in the bleachers during the game.
  
  
• Reporting Period - Is every four and a half weeks, (4 1/2). Eligible/Ineligible reporting period begins with the most recent 4 1/2 week progress report or report card. Reporting period starts and ends the day that the progress report or report cards are available to the student body.
  

If a student becomes ineligible during any reporting period, the student has the next 4 1/2 weeks to change their status from ineligible to eligible.

PHYSICAL
The Department of Athletics has designed a physical form, which must be completed and turned in by every athlete, both junior high and senior high, before he or she may play in their first game or the form is good for one school year only. Current parent signatures must be on file each year. A sample form may be found in the back of this handbook

The physical itself (doctor's signature) is good for one calendar year. If the physical is still current when an athlete begins a new sport, the old physical form will be attached to the form for the current year. On the date the physical expires, the athlete will be ineligible for play. To avoid this problem, encourage players to get physicals during the summer and turn in their forms when practice starts in August, or when school starts if they are not playing a Fall sport.

MEDICAL INSURANCE
The California Education Code states that all students in California who participate in interscholastic athletics must have a minimum amount of major medical insurance. The school does not provide this coverage. Each player must have some type of accident insurance coverage before he will be allowed to participate in practices or games. This is to protect both the family and the school.

If a family does not have the necessary coverage, it may purchase a policy from an independent insurance company- Forms and further information may be obtained from the Department of Athletics.

OUTSIDE COMPETITION
An athlete on a high school team becomes ineligible if the athlete competes in a contest on any "outside team" in the same sport, during the athlete's high school season of sport.