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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

District or Territory to reside with a Guardian or in a foster home and the residence change
is the result of:
(1.) the student becoming an orphan; or
(2.) an extremely negative non-athletic condition, peculiar to the student, which is caused
by unforeseen, unavoidable and uncorrectable events, which are beyond the election,
control or creation of the student, the student’s family, the student’s supporters, the
student’s coaches and the student’s school. A guardianship established for the purpose
of making a student eligible will not be accepted.
d. The student’s former school closed. Note: See rule 19-6.3b
e. The student’s former school(s) attended during the entire Three-hundred Sixty-five (365)
days prior to the Enrollment at the new School were not member school(s) of the local
state high school athletic association or were not accredited by the local state accrediting
agency.
f. The student transferred pursuant to a school board mandate for redistricting.
g. The student Enrolled and/or attended, in error, a wrong school and a transfer application
is made promptly when discovered.
h. The student transferred from a correctional school.
i. The student is emancipated and has established a Bona Fide residence in a New District
or Territory.
j. The student did not participate in any interschool 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.
k. The student transfers from a non-athletic association member School with a corresponding
change of residence by the student to reside with a parent and/or legal Guardian whom
the student had previously resided. Note: See rule 19-6.3b(3)
l. The student (i) transfers from a member Boarding School with a corresponding move by
the student to the residence of the student’s parent/s or (ii) when the student transfers to
a member Boarding School, the student established, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Commissioner, his designee or the Committee, that (a) the transfer is in the best interest of
the student, and (b) there are no athletic related motives surrounding the transfer, and (c)
the principals of the sending and receiving schools each affirm in writing that the transfer
is in the best interest of the student and there are no athletic related motives surrounding
the transfer.
m. The student is a qualified foreign exchange student under rule 19-7 who has attended One
(1) member School for One (1) year or less.
n. The student’s parent or legal guardian accepted, and commenced employment as, a
licensed or certified position at the receiving School.
19-6.2 Limited 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 Limited Eligibility at the new School,
provided the transfer was not for primarily athletic reasons or the result of undue influence. The
period of Limited Eligibility at the new School under this section begins on the date of Enrollment
and continues until the first anniversary of the date on which (i) the student last participated in
interscholastic athletic at the previous school(s), or (ii) the student last participated in athletics
as a member of a club or similar team, when the previous school(s) did not offer the sport in
which the student wishes to participate.
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).

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