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Section 3.

Section 4.

Section 5.

2. Student-Athletes A student-athlete or other representative of the student / athlete’ s athletic interests shall not make contact with another NJCAA member school or its representatives, for any reason, a. While any student-athlete is in season or is enrolled in the term which the sport season ends; or, b. While the student-athlete is signed to an NJCAA Letter of Intent BOOSTER CLUBS A. The financial records of booster clubs and similar organizations which assist athletic programs must be open and available to college officials.

B. All transactions of a booster type organization or individual which assists a college athletic program in any way( e. g., equipment purchases, recruitment expenses, grant-in-aid, etc.) must be approved through the regular financial approval procedures and process of the college( e. g., purchasing, gift acceptance, financial aid) as authorized or approved by the president. C. All booster club funds used for grant-in-aid must be administered in compliance with Article VIII, Section 1. C. ENFORCEMENT A.

A member college which violates any section of this article shall be subject to such penalty as the National Office deems advisable under the circumstances. The maximum penalty which the National Office may impose shall be to place the offending institution on probation for a period of two years.

B. Colleges may appeal decisions rendered in accordance with Section 4. B above by using the " Procedures of Appeal " described in

Article VII. LETTER OF INTENT The NJCAA Letter of Intent will be binding upon all NJCAA member colleges. A. The policies and procedures of the Letter of Intent / Scholarship Agreement Form and the NJCAA Release Agreement form are as follows: 1. Limits have been placed upon the total number of Letters of Intent and scholarships allowed for each NJCAA sport( Article V,

Section 20).

2. A scholarship is defined as any institutional athletic aid given to any student for a maximum of one( 1) academic year. All student-athletes receiving athletic aid must have a National Letter of Intent / Scholarship Agreement form and be electronically on file at the NJCAA National Office. 3. An academic year is defined as August 1 through July 31. 4. A student-athlete must have completed his / her junior year in high school in order to be signed to a NJCAA Letter of Intent. 5. Should a college choose to utilize the NJCAA Letter of Intent even though no athletic aid is being provided to the studentathlete, the Athletic Scholarship portion of the NJCAA Letter of Intent must be completed. The box indicating " No Athletic Aid " should be utilized for that situation.

6. NJCAA institutions choosing to resign a student-athlete for a second year must offer, sign, and electronically submit a valid NJCAA Letter of Intent( LOI) on or before June 15 th. Failure to sign and electronically submit a valid LOI allows the student to be recruitable by other NJCAA member colleges after June 15 th. Student-athletes who are resigned for a second year to an institutional scholarship agreement and who are academically eligible( Article V), must be awarded at least the same amount of scholarship aid the second year or the student-athlete shall be allowed to void the Transfer Waiver commitment and transfer to any NJCAA member college. This scholarship must be awarded by June 15 th.( This is not applicable for scholarships that were cancelled per Article VIII, Section 1. F or for student-athletes that do not meet the academic requirements set by the college)( Deleted August 1, 2014)

7. The Letter of Intent is an institutional letter awarded for a maximum of one( 1) year. Any HS( 3 +) student-athlete who becomes academically ineligible( Article V) at mid-year, may be replaced by another HS( 3 +) student-athlete for the remainder of the year. HS(-3) student-athletes may not be replaced by another HS(-3) student-athlete once the college expends any funds on that student-athlete during the academic year defined by the NJCAA Letter of Intent.( For the purpose of this section. An HS( 3 +) student-athlete is a student-athlete who has attend three or more years of high school in the United States. An HS(-3) is a student-athlete who attend fewer than three years of high school in the United States.)

8. NJCAA Letters of Intent supersede all current regional and / or conference Letters of Intent. Regions and / or conferences, however, may impose more stringent restrictions than current NJCAA regulations.

9. If a student-athlete decides to enroll in another NJCAA member college, having already signed a valid NJCAA Letter of Intent and prior to fulfilling the terms of the original Letter of Intent, that student-athlete would be ineligible to compete for any NJCAA college for the academic year, with the following exceptions: a.

b. c.

If, by the opening day of classes in the fall, the student-athlete has not met the requirements for admission to the original institution or the academic requirements for financial aid to athletes. If the student-athlete receives an NJCAA Release Agreement from the original NJCAA member college, signed by that NJCAA member college’ s President and Director of Athletics. If the student-athlete should serve on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or on an official church mission for at least 18 calendar months.

c.

The Letter of Intent is not electronically filed with the NJCAA National Office within 21 days after the student-athlete ' s signature.

11. The student-athlete will forfeit all NJCAA eligibility if he / she falsifies or has knowledge of his / her parent / legal guardians falsifying any information contained on the Letter of Intent. 12. The NJCAA Letter of Intent becomes valid when signed by the student-athlete. 13. All NJCAA institutions are obligated to respect a student-athlete ' s signing and shall cease any further recruitment. The studentathlete shall notify any recruiter who contacts them of his / her signing.

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