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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

or the result of undue influence, then the student will be ineligible for Three-hundred Sixty-
five (365) days commencing on the date that the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee
rules the student ineligible.
19-5 Eligibility When Transfer With Change Of Residence By Parent(s)/Guardian(s)
A student who transfers with a corresponding change of residence to a New District or Territory
by the student’s custodial parent(s)/guardian(s):
a. will have full eligibility at the new School if the change of residence was Bona Fide,
b. will have limited eligibility at the new School if the change of residence was not Bona Fide,
and
c. will have no eligibility at the new School if the residential change, the selection of the new
residence or the transfer itself was for primarily athletic reasons or the result of undue
influence.
19-5.1 Transfer Options When Transfer With Change of Residence by Parent(s)/
Guardian(s)
When a student’s parents(s)/Guardian(s) make a Bona Fide change of residence to a New
District or Territory, the student has the following options:
a. the student may continue eligibility at his/her original school pursuant to rule C–19-2; or
b. the student may transfer and attempt to obtain full eligibility at the Public School which
Serves the Student’s Residence, at the Charter School which Serves the Student’s
Residence, or at a Private School which Serves the Student’s Residence, at any time prior
to the 15th school day of the next semester or trimester (Note: a School does not ‘serve’
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
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/her designee unless this requirement is waived by the
Commissioner or his/her 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.
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