The Hardship Review Committee will review eligibility cases which include extraordinary, medical, financial, or other circumstances that occur or are initiated within the immediate household of the student being petitioned and are deemed to have contributed to non-compliance with specific eligibility rules.

Extraordinary Circumstances Cases meeting all the following circumstances may result in the hardship committee decision to allow eligibility.
A. Are unforeseeable, unavoidable, and uncorrectable on the part of the student and immediate household.
B. Are not the direct result of actions by the student, with due consideration given to the age of the student and the nature of the circumstances resulting in non-compliance.
C. Bear a direct, causal relationship to the hardship and the student’s inability to meet the specific eligibility criteria.
D. Are unique to the student and immediate household.

Hardship Petitions must be submitted with Forms A, C, school transcripts and Transfer Rule Hardship Petition before the Hardship Review Committee can rule on the petition. All documentation necessary for a ruling on hardship petition must be provided at the time of the initial petition. Additional documentation after the ruling will not be accepted. The Hardship Review Committee will meet no less than every other month during the school year.

HARDSHIP DEFINITION
HARDSHIP PETITION FORM
HARDSHIP FINANCIAL FORM

Gary Salazar (Chair)
Ret. Superintendent

Gary Schuster (Co-Chair)
Ret. Athletic Administrator

Taryn Bachis
Albuquerque Academy Athletic Director

Bruce Carver
Ret. Athletic Administrator

Matt Martinez
Cleveland High School Athletic Director

Karen Nougues
Gadsden Independent Schools Athletic Director

Sam Olney
Ret. Athletic Administrator

Ernie Viramontes
Ret. Athletic Administrator