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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

the residence of a student who Enrolls at that School under an open enrollment program
or under a similar program); or
c. the student may transfer and attempt to obtain full eligibility in any Public, Private, or Private
School, or Charter School which does not serve the student’s area of residence is located
within a Twenty (20) mile radius of the new residence of the Parent(s)/Guardian(s) when
the Bona Fide change of residence involved a move of more than Seventy-five (75) miles;
and is the student’s first time enrolling in an Indiana school; or
d. The student may transfer and attempt to obtain full eligibility at any school, provided:
(1). The student did not participate in any interscholastic Contest as a representative
of another school during the preceding Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) days. This
exception does not apply if the school(s) the student attended during the preceding
Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) days did not offer the sport in which the student wishes
to participate interscholastic or non-interscholastic, and such student participated
in athletic competition in such sport individually or as a member of a club or similar
team, during the preceding Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) days.
e. the student may transfer and attempt to obtain full eligibility when the student’s parent or
legal Guardian accepted, and commenced employment as, a licensed or certified position
at the Receiving School. The student would only obtain full eligibility at the school where the
student’s parent or legal Guardian accepted, and commenced employment as, a licensed
certified position.
f. the student may transfer and attempt to obtain Limited Eligibility in any Public School or
Private School which does not serve the student’s area of residence.
Exception: The student will only have Limited Eligibility for Three-hundred Sixty-five (365)
days from the date on which the student last participated in interscholastic athletics in the
sport(s) in which the student last participated during the Three-hundred Sixty-five (365)
days preceding the transfer. The student will have full eligibility for all other sport(s).
19-5.2 Transfer Pending a Move
When a student transfers in anticipation of the change of residence by such student’s
parent(s)/Guardian(s) to a New District or Territory, the student shall have Limited Eligibility
until such Bona Fide change of residence has actually been made and the student has been
declared eligible by the Commissioner or his designee unless this requirement is waived by
the Commissioner or his designee. For a waiver to be considered, the student shall provide
proof which may include but is not limited to an executed and binding purchase agreement
contract or lease.
19-6 Transfer Eligibility Without Change Of Residence By Parent(s)/Guardian(s)
19-6.1 Eligibility When Transfer Without Change of Residence by Parent(s)/Guardian(s)
A student who transfers without a corresponding change of residence to a New District or
Territory by the student’s parent(s)/Guardian(s) will have immediate full athletic eligibility at the
new School, provided the transfer was not for primarily athletic reasons or the result of undue
influence, and there has been provided to the Association reliable, credible and probative
evidence that One (1) or more of the following criteria has been met.
a. The transfer is a result of the student being a ward of a court; for purposes of this rule, a
student under a guardianship is not a ward of the court.
b. The student transfers with a corresponding change of residence by the student into a New
District or Territory to reside with a parent. Moves between divorced or separated parents
may meet this criterion; however, more than Two (2) moves between such parents will not
meet this criterion unless the reasons for the move(s) are outside the control of the parents
and student and are significant, substantial and/or compelling. Likewise, any student who
repeatedly seeks full eligibility under this criterion will not qualify for full eligibility unless
the reasons for the move(s) are outside the control of the parents and student and are
significant, substantial and/or compelling, In all cases under this criterion, full eligibility
will not be approved if the approval will result in a student participating in more than One
(1) season of a sport during a school year, or will result in a student participating in more
than Four (4) seasons of a sport during a student’s Four (4) years of high school.
c. The student transfers with a corresponding change of residence by the student into a New
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