1. NCAA & TITLE IV
Topics & Issues

2. Bylaws and Regulations
Institutions must abide by rules from several agencies
NCAA
General bylaws regarding recruitment, eligibility, financial aid
Establishes number of scholarships available for each sport and which sports are headcount or equivalency sports
Conference
Regulations specific to the group of schools in the conference
Typically includes NCAA topics and elaborates/strengthens bylaws
Federal
Standard FAFSA processing to determine aid eligibility
State
Rules/Regulations regarding eligibility for aid at the school
Institutional
Establishes COA
Rules/Regulations regarding aid, including merit scholarships

3. Types of Sport Financial Aid Limits
Head Count
Sports that limit the total number of students who receive any financial aid that is countable toward the team’s financial aid limit.
Equivalency
Sports that limit the total value (equivalency) of financial aid awards that are countable toward the team’s financial aid limit.
Most equivalency sports do not limit the number of student- athletes who can receive countable financial aid, provided the total value of countable aid to all student-athletes on the team does not exceed the team’s financial aid limit.
Institutions must pay attention to Title IX calculations
Baseball, FCS football, ice hockey and women’s beach volleyball are equivalency sports that limit the number of counters on the team.

4. Head count vs equivalency
Institutional Information
Jenny Leigh Adler, Assistant Director
Athletics
Division 1
Mountain West Conference
Software
Banner
Head count vs equivalency
Head Count Sports
Men’s Football
Men’s & Women’s Basketball
Women’s Volleyball
Women’s Tennis
Full Grant-In Aid
Equivalency Sports
Men’s & Women’s Track & Field
Men’s & Women’s Golf
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Women’s Softball
Set Amt, Percentages,& Elementals

5. HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
INSTITUITIONAL INFORMATION
Julie Pier, Director
Athletics
Division 1
Missouri Valley Football Conference (Football)
The Summit League (all other sports)
Software
Datatel
HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
Head Count Sports
Basketball
Volleyball
Tennis
Full Grant-In Aid
Equivalency Sports
Golf
Track
Swimming
Percentage
Soccer
Softball
Football

6. INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
Patti Kohler, Director
Athletics
Division 1
Mountain West Conference
Software
Banner
HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
Head Count Sports
Men’s Football
Men’s & Women’s Basketball
Women’s Volleyball
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Gymnastics
Full Grant-In Aid
Equivalency Sports
Men’s Golf
Men’s Tennis
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country
Men’s & Women’s Track & Field
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Softball
Elemental & Percentages

7. INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
John Curl, Director
Software
PeopleSoft
Athletics
Division 1 (FBS)
PAC 12
HEAD COUNT VS EQUIVALENCY
Head Count Sports
Men’s Football
Men’s & Women’s Basketball
Women’s Volleyball
Women’s Tennis
Women’s Gymnastics
Full Grant-In Aid
Equivalency Sports
Men’s Golf
Men’s Baseball
Men’s Tennis
Men’s & Women’s Skiing
Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving
Percentages
Women’s Soccer
Women’s Softball
Women’s Track & Field

8. Autonomy Legislation
In August of 2014, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors adopted a new governance structure giving members a level of legislative autonomy (self-governance) never seen before in NCAA history
Applies to five conferences, known as the “autonomy conferences.”
ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12
CSU, USD, USU – not members of an autonomy conference.
Schools in autonomy conferences are required to apply autonomy rules.
Schools in other conferences may decide whether to apply autonomy rules.

9. NCAA PROPOSAL
Full Grant-In-Aid up to COA effective August 1, 2015
NCAA Bylaw No Full Grant-In-Aid. [A] A full grant-in-aid is financial aid that consists of tuition and fees, room and board, and required course related books and other expenses related to attendance at the institution up to the cost of attendance established pursuant to Bylaws and
Different conferences can implement this differently

10. Discussion: How do you handle books & supplies
Discussion: How do you handle books & supplies? What best practices do you have at your institution? What challenges did you experience w/ the Proposal ? What challenges do you experience w/ athletic aid management?

11. Questions?

12. References
Richardson, K. (2015, February 24). NCAA: an update on division I financial aid regulations. SASFAA. Retrieved from nference%20Memphis%202015/Presentations/NCAA%20HO.pdf
Richardson, K. (2015, July 21). NCAA: an update on division I financial aid legislation. NASFAA. Retrieved from