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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

athletically eligible?
A. Yes. Once a student becomes eligible in a School, the student retains eligibility
in that School even though the student’s parents may have move to another
District or Territory. (rule 19-2)
Q. 19-6 Prior to the day an out-of-state transfer student enrolled at a Receiving
School (School A) for the fall semester, the student had turned in a completed
Consent and Release Certificate at another local member School, School B,
and participated in Ten (10) days of football Practice at School B? What must
the transfer student do in order to become athletically eligible to compete in a
football contest for School A?
A. First, the student will have to initiate an IHSAA Transfer Report with the School
A, and since the student was deemed to have enrolled at School B (by practicing
with the football team), the Transfer Report must be submitted to both School B,
as well as to the students original out-of-state School(s), (rule 19-8); the IHSAA
will then have to rule on the transfer before the student is eligible at School
A. Second, since a Consent and Release Certificate needs to be on file with
the School of Enrollment, the student will need to get the completed Consent
and Release Certificate from School B and file it with the School A. Last, the
Ten (10) pre-participation Practice sessions from School B should satisfy the
pre-participation Practice Attendance rule, rules 50-1, 101-1, however, the
student will have to have the School B send verification to School A showing
that student had Ten (10) Practices in.
Q.19-7 A student lives with the student’s father in a public school district, and moves
to live with the student’s mother who lives in another public school district. The
student wants to enroll at a Private School which is located in the next county,
and which does not Serve the residence of the student’s mother. Does student
qualify for full eligibility at the Private School?
A. Probably no. Here, under rule 19-6.3, the student qualifies for full eligibility
only at the School which Serves the Residence of the mother and in this case,
student would not qualify for full eligibility at the Private School, unless the
Private School had officially establish a Territory (the geographic area from
which students are drawn for attendance, as established by the Diocese or
other governing board) and the Territory included the area where the mother’s
residence was located; if not, then the Territory was, by default, the town limits
of the town where the Private School was located, or the county if the Private
School was not in a town, and student would therefore have limited eligibility
at the Private School. (rule 19- 6.3, see, Definitions, School which Serves the
Residence)
Q.19-8 A student moves from the residence of the student’s mother to live with the
student’s father (separated from student’s mother), and want to enroll at either
a Charter School located in the next county from where the father’s residence
is located, or at a private School, also in the next county. Can the student get
full eligibility at either School under rule 19-6.3?
A. The student will likely have limited eligible at the Private School but full eligibility
at the Charter School. The student only qualifies for limited eligibility at the
Private School unless the Private School’s governing body had designated
the area where the father’s residence is located as being in its official Territory,
in which case the student could qualify for full eligibility because the Private
School ‘Serves’ (as defined in the Definitions, above) the father’s residence.
Indiana Charter Schools’ districts are determined by enabling legislation (Ind.
Code §20-24-5-1) which states that Charter Schools are open to all students
who resides in Indiana, and that makes a Charter School’s Territory the entire
state of Indiana. Since student‘s father residence is in Indiana, the student
would qualify for full eligibility at the Charter School. (rule 19-6.3)
Transfer Reports
Q. 19-9 May a transfer student Practice and participate in interscholastic Contests

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