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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

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
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/her 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)
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