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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

(3.) any verified or unverified statements from the student and/or the student’s parent(s)/
Guardian(s), and others;
(4.) all pertinent and relevant documents which appear to bear on the subject; and
(5.) recommendations regarding immediate eligibility by both principals, and in those
circumstances where the student attended a school other than the sending and
receiving school, at any time during the Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) days prior to
the transfer, a recommendation regarding immediate eligibility shall be provided by
the principal of the other school(s) the student attended during the Three-hundred
Sixty-five (365) days prior to the transfer.
c. The receiving School principal shall notify the student and the student’s parent(s)/
Guardian(s) that further investigation has been requested by either the sending school
principal or the receiving School principal, or if it would appear that further investigation
may be undertaken by the Association; under such circumstances, the student and the
student’s parent(s)/Guardian(s) shall be advised that they have the opportunity to present
any pertinent information not previously provided.
d. The failure of the student and/or the student’s parent(s)/Guardian(s) or the receiving School
or sending school principals, to process and file with the Association the IHSAA Athletic
Transfer Report, may render the student ineligible and may subject the offending school
to disciplinary action.
Q & A
Transfers - Generally
Q. 19-1 Can a student, who receives Limited Eligibility following a transfer without a
parental move, receive full eligibility after the parents later move into the District
or Territory serving the school where the student had transferred?
A. No, unless the student and the student’s parent(s) had previously declared their
intent to move into the School District or Territory at the time the Transfer Report
was submitted. In other words, if a student transfers to School A and states
on the Transfer Report, in good faith, that his/her parents intend to move into
the District or Territory served by School A, then the student will likely receive
Limited Eligibility until such time that the parents move into School A’s District
or Territory, and then at that time, the student can seek full eligibility under 19-5
and 19-5.2. In addition, the student can also attempt to obtain full eligibility
at the time of the original transfer under the waiver procedure of rule 19-5.2.
(rule19-5.2)
Q. 19-2 Can a student, whose parent(s) make a Bona Fide move to a New District
or Territory, but who does not transfer at the time of the move, become fully
eligible when the student later transfers to a School which Serves the Student’s
Residence?
A. Yes. As long as the student transfers from the Sending School to the School
which Serves the Student’s (new) Residence prior to the 15th school day of
the next semester or trimester, the student can attempt to obtain full eligibility
at that School, provided there is no evidence that the transfer was the result
of undue influence or primarily for athletic reasons. (rule19-5.2) A transfer
occurring after the 15th school day of the next semester or trimester will be
treated as a transfer without a corresponding change of residence and the
student shall have Limited Eligibility, unless the student can obtain full eligibility
under another rule, such as rule 19-6.1, or under the waiver rule, rule 17-8.
Q. 19-3 If a student transfers from a member School located in One (1) city or
School District to a School in another city or School District, how is eligibility
determined?
A. Transfer eligibility is determined under rule 19. It is the administrative duty,
under rule 3 and rule 19, for all member principals to conduct an investigation
and to carefully check the record of every transfer student who Enrolls at a
member School. All member principals should also advise any student, who
contemplates making a change of schools, as to the IHSAA eligibility rules
regarding transfers. (rule 19)
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