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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

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/her
new position at the Receiving School a year prior to the transfer?
A. No. The event or occurrence which permits a student’s full eligibility at a
Receiving School under section 19-6.1(n) is the parent’s acceptance of a
position at the Receiving School, and under section 19-6.3(b)(4), the student
must enroll at Receiving School no later than the 15th day of the first semester
or trimester following that event (the parent’s acceptance of the position).
Here, since the father’s accepted the position a year ago, the student would
have had to Enroll at the Receiving School no later than the 15th day of the
first semester or trimester following that acceptance, and since that date has
passed, the student here would not qualify for full eligibility under rules 19-
6.1(n) and 19-6.3(4).
Moves Between Parental Households
Q. 19-22 Can a student transfer to a Receiving School and obtain full eligibility at a
Receiving School if the student’s parent or legal Guardian accepted a new
position at the Receiving School, but has yet to begin work at the Receiving
School?
A. No. The parent or legal Guardian must have accepted and commenced
employment. A parent or legal Guardian has commenced employment no
later than the beginning of the first day on which the employee is authorized
or required by the School to be on duty on the School’s premises.
Q. 19-23 If a family owns a business that serves several school Districts, owns a home
in Two (2) different Districts, the father and the student live in a Public School
District A and the student attends the Public School in District A, the mother
live in the apartment in Public School District B, and because of supervisory
considerations, it is decided that the student should live with the mother in
Public School District B and should attend School B, will the student be granted
full eligibility?
A. No, the student would be granted Limited Eligibility, since a single family unit
may not maintain Two (2) or more residences for athletic eligibility purposes,
unless the student would qualify for full eligibility under another provision of
rule 19. (rule 19-6.2; See definition of Bona Fide move)
Q. 19-24 If a student, who has been living in another state with the student’s divorced
mother, who has legal custody, moves to live with the student’s father and
Enrolls at the IHSAA member School which Serves the Residence of the father,
may the student be eligible at the new School?
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