​The Missouri State High School Activities Association is a voluntary, nonprofit, educational association of secondary schools established for the purpose of working collaboratively to develop and adopt standards of supervision and administration to regulate the diverse interscholastic activities and contests which are delegated by the member schools to the jurisdiction of the Association. 

The MSHSAA Handbook can be located HERE.

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Academic Requirements for Athletes

To be eligible to participate in Broncho Athletics, Bayless High School Students must pass a minimum of 6 classes, earning 3 units of a possible 3.5 units (1/2 unit each).

MSHSAA Minimum requirements for athletic participation per By-Law 2.3.2

1. You must have earned, the preceding semester of attendance, a minimum of 3.0 units of credit or have earned credit in 80% of the maximum allowable classes in which any student can be enrolled in the semester, whichever is GREATER, at your school.
2. For your current semester, you must be enrolled in and regularly attending courses that offer 3.0 units of credit or 80% of the maximum allowable credits which may be earned at your school, whichever is GREATER
3. Credits earned or completed after the close of the semester will not fulfill this requirement. Summer high school courses for FALL academic eligibility may count provided the course is necessary for graduation or promotion (no electives) , and credit is placed on the school transcript. No more than one unit of credit in summer school shall be counted toward eligibility. Correspondence courses may not be used to re-establish academic eligibility.
4. Students promoted for the first time into 9th grade are considered academically eligible for the first semester after promotion
5. Do not drop courses without first consulting with your school principal, athletic director or counselor to determine whether doing so will affect your eligibility.