Student eligibility clarification

Heya, I noticed there’s a bit of a discrepancy in the game manual and on the GSRF website whereby the game manual classifies students into elementary/middle school teams based on what academic grade they are in (Appendix E), whereas the Student Eligibility Policy classifies them based on age. I was wondering which one is considered the official ruling by VEX. Thanks!

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