The THSGCA regional chairs have deliberated on the "up to level" rule for high school optionals. The official position is stated as follows:

Clarification of the “up to level” deduction:

The “up to level” deduction will remain a compositional deduction stated as follows:

              (On floor exercise) Deduct up to .2  if the Acro Elements are not up to level 8 competition (any B salto meets this compositional requirement).