The Department of Education today 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.