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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

Q. 19-4 Can a transfer student from a Sending School which was not a member of the
high school athletic association or which was not accredited by the local state
accrediting organization, obtain full eligibility under rule 19-6.1(e), when the
student had attended the Sending School for One (1) semester?
A. Full eligibility under rule 19-6.1(e) is restricted to those cases where the transfer
student attended the Sending School(s) and those Sending School(s) were not
accredited or were not member(s) of the local high school athletic association)
during the entire 365 day period prior to the transfer. If the transfer student
attended unaccredited or a non-association member schools for just One (1)
semester, the student could not gain full eligibility under rule 19-6.1(e).
Q. 19-5 If a student’s parents moved out-of-state, but the student remains and moves
in with a family friend and remains enrolled at the original school, is this student
athletically eligible?
A. Yes. Once a student becomes eligible in a School, the student retains eligibility
in that School even though the student’s parents may have move to another
District or Territory. (rule 19-2)
Q. 19-6 Prior to the day an out-of-state transfer student enrolled at a Receiving
School (School A) for the fall semester, the student had turned in a completed
Consent and Release Certificate at another local member School, School B,
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?

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