>More North Jersey schools imposing strict academic standards on student athletes
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
BY ANDREA ALEXANDER
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Teaneck students will soon be required to meet a higher bar in the classroom if they want to compete on the field.
By the 2014-15 school year, they will be required to maintain a 2.5 grade-point average — typically somewhere between a C plus and B minus — to play sports under a new policy that gradually raises the eligibility standard.
When school starts this week, students will have to maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA to participate in sports. In the 2012-13 school year students will have to maintain a 2.3 GPA. Under the district’s previous policy, students were required to have a 2.0 GPA during the previous marking period to play sports.
The new policy may set the strictest eligibility standard in North Jersey.
Most school districts, including Wayne, Ridgewood, Bergenfield and Paramus, follow the minimum requirement set by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The NJSIAA requires that students stay on target to have the necessary number of credits to graduate set by state regulations. Under the NJSIAA standard, a student could be passing classes with a D average and be eligible to play sports.
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