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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

Private School will result in Limited Eligibility unless the student can establish
grounds for a waiver. (rule 19-5.1(b))
Transfers without a Corresponding Change of Residence
Q. 19-16 A student attends a Public School which is to close at the end of the current
School Year. The student knows that next year his/her residence will be
served by (Public) School A. The student decides to go ahead and transfer
at Christmas break to School A. Will the student be fully eligible?
A. No. A student who meets one of the criteria of rule 19-6.1 may have fully
eligibility at a Receiving School, however under rule 19-6.3 (Transfer Options),
the event triggering one or more of the criteria listed under rule 19-6.1 must
be occurring. A student seeking full eligibility because of a school closing
(rule 19-6.1(d)) can seek eligibility at ‘any school’ (rule 19-6.3(b)(2), however
the transfer to the new School must occur after the Sending School actually
closed, or at least contemporaneous with the Sending School’s closure. In this
case, the student would have Limited Eligibility at School A until the Sending
School closes, and at that time student could request full eligibility.
Q. 19-17 A student attends a member School, the member School eliminates calculus
from its curriculum and because of that change in the curriculum, the student
transfers to a Private member School which offers calculus. Under these
circumstances, can the student qualify for full eligibility under the Transfer
Rule?
A. No. Under rule 19, the Transfer Rule, the student does not qualify for full
eligibility. Rule 19-6.1 provides various grounds for obtaining full eligibility
following a non-move transfer, and the loss of a course at a Sending School
does not meet any of the various grounds. Therefore, the student would be
granted Limited Eligibility under rule 19-6.2. However, the student may seek
a waiver under rule 17-8.
Q. 19-18 Will a Private School student who resides with his/her parents and who transfers
to the Public School serving the parent’s residence, be fully eligible following
the transfer under rule 19?
A. No. A student transferring without a corresponding change of residence by his/
her parents/guardians will, under rule 19-6.2, likely be granted Limited Eligibility
at the Public School for Three Hundred Sixty-five (365) days from the date the
student last participated in a Contest at the Private School, unless the student
would qualify for a waiver under rule 17-8.
Q. 19-19 If a student resides with his/her parents in a residence served by a Public
School but attends the ninth grade at a Private School in the area, the student
has not participated in athletics, and as a sophomore, the student transfers to
the Public School serving his/her residence, is the student eligible?
A. A student transferring without a corresponding change of residence by his/her
parents/guardians will, under rule 19-6.2, likely be granted Limited Eligibility
at the Public School for Three Hundred Sixty-five (365) days from the date
the student last participated in a Contest at the Private School, unless the
student would qualify for full eligibility under another provision of rule 19 or
unless the student sought a waiver under rule 17-8. Here it appears that the
student had not participated in athletics during the preceding Three Hundred
Sixty-five (365) days at the student’s former School, and it appears likely that
the student could obtain full eligibility under rule 19-6.1(j).
Q. 19-20 Can a student transfer to Receiving School and obtain full eligibility under
rule 19-6.1(n) when the student’s parent obtains a job as a bus driver at the
Receiving School?
A. No. Under rule 19-6.1(n), the parent’s position at the Receiving School must
be either a teaching or administration position requiring an education license,
an administrator’s certification or similar professional credential. A position
requiring a driver’s license or similar licensure does not qualify for full eligibility
under the rule.
Q. 19-21 Can a student transfer to a Receiving School and obtain full eligibility under
sections 19-6.1(n) and 19-6.3(b)(4), if the student’s father accepted his new
position at the Receiving School a year prior to the transfer?

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