Student-eligibility test vectors

Status: Non-normative examples for the age, graduation, and four-year discussion draft. Results assume HS-BASE and all other applicable rules are satisfied.

Scenario	Proposed result under v0.1	Issue tested
Student turns 19 on August 31 before the contest year.	Fails the proposed age rule absent a formal exception.	September 1 cutoff.
Student turns 19 on September 2.	Passes the proposed age rule for that school year.	Age fixed at September 1.
Student turns 19 on September 1.	Fails the proposed age rule absent a formal exception.	Boundary date; compare TAPPS wording before contests with TAPPS schools.
Student has sufficient credits to graduate early but remains in an ongoing high-school program; no completion determination or diploma has issued.	Does not fail the non-graduation rule solely because of accumulated credits.	Credits versus actual completion.
Parent has issued a final high-school diploma; student later enrolls in more secondary courses.	Fails the non-graduation rule.	A later relabeling does not undo graduation.
Student earns an associate degree through dual enrollment while the parent-run high-school program remains open.	Does not fail solely because of the college degree.	Distinct postsecondary and secondary programs.
Student’s first ninth-grade-level year was 2023–24 and first contest is in 2025–26.	2025–26 is the third year of the proposed four-year window.	Clock starts at high-school entry, not first contest.
Student enters ninth-grade-level study at one school, then changes to home education after two years.	The first two years still count.	School changes do not restart the clock.
Student begins directly at tenth-grade level.	Proposed maximum is three consecutive school years from that entry.	Direct tenth-grade start.
Family declares grade seven, then timely declares a repeat of grade seven before the next school year under the protocol’s pre-high-school repeat rule.	Both grade-seven years remain in the competition-grade history; the high-school clock has not begun.	Limited pre-high-school repeat.
Family declared grade nine last year and now wishes to call the student an eighth grader.	The prior declaration remains; grade nine cannot be rolled back to reset eligibility.	Immutable high-school entry.
Student previously attended ninth grade at a school but is newly declared grade eight by a home-school program.	The prior ninth-grade entry must be disclosed and counted; the new label does not erase it.	Cross-program history.

Exceptions and the precise school-year boundary remain open. A proposed pass under this module is not a determination under UIL, TAPPS, SPC, or an opponent’s rules.