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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

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, rule 50-1, 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). A student, however, may qualify for full eligibility if the Private
School was the school in which the student initially established eligibility.
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) A student,
however, may qualify for full eligibility if the Private School was the school in
which the student initially established eligibility.
Transfer Reports
Q. 19-9 May a transfer student Practice and participate in interscholastic Contests
during the time a Transfer Report is being processed?
A. Once Enrolled at the receiving School, a transfer student may participate in
Practices prior to the completion of the athletic transfer process, however
the student may not compete in a Contest until after the Transfer Report is
approved by the IHSAA. (rule 19-3(b))
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