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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

A. Yes, provided this is the first or second move between parents. (rule 19-6.1(b))
Q. 19-25 Does the existence of a broken home, separated parents, or other factors
mean that eligibility in terms of residence will automatically be granted?
A. No, each of these circumstances is only a factor which permits the
Commissioner or his/her designee to review the individual circumstances of
the student’s case and make a ruling on the basis of an investigation and the
provisions of the By-Laws. (rules 19, 17-8)
Emancipated Student
Q. 19-26 Can an Emancipated Student, who transfers to a Public School which does
not serve the residence of his/her parents, get full eligible under rule 19-6.1(i)?
A. Yes. However, the eligibility of an Emancipated Student under rule 19-6.1(i)
turns, not upon the School serving the parents’ residence, but upon the School
serving the Emancipated Student’s residence. So, if the Emancipated Student
can establish his/her residence is in a new District which Serves the Public
School where the Emancipated Student Enrolled, the Emancipated Student
should get full eligibility under rule 19-6.1(i).
Guardians
Q. 19-27 If a student’s parents determine that it is in the student’s best interests for
the student to live with the student’s grandparents, and the parents arrange
for the grandparents to become the legal Guardians of the student, and the
student then moves in with the grandparents and enrolls at the Public School
Serving the grandparents’ residence, will the student get full eligibility under
rule 19-6.1?
A. No. A legal guardianship established for the purpose of making a student
eligible will not support a full eligibility ruling under rule 19-6.1(c)(2), and here
it appears that the grandparent’s legal guardianship was established for the
purpose of making the student eligible.
Foreign Exchange Transfers
Q. 19-28 Is a foreign exchange student, attending an IHSAA member School, fully eligible
to participate in athletics?
A. Yes, provided the student is attending under a CSIET-approved program and
all of the requirements contained in foreign exchange rule have been met and
followed. If the foreign exchange student cannot meet the foreign exchange
rule, the student will likely be granted Limited Eligibility. (rules 19-6.1(m), 19-
6.2, 19-7)
Q. 19-29 May a foreign student request placement in a specified school?
A. Yes, however under such circumstances the student would not qualify for full
eligibility under the foreign exchange transfer rule. Instead, since the foreign
exchange student would be unable to meet the foreign exchange rule, the
student would receive Limited Eligibility, unless the student would qualify for
full eligibility under another provision of rule 19. (rule 19-7.2)
Q. 19-30 May a foreign exchange student obtain full eligibility for more than a One (1)
year period?
A. No, foreign exchange students may be granted full eligible for Varsity athletics
for One (1) year, and if the student remains, the student would be treated as an
incoming transfer student who had transferred without a corresponding change
of residents by the student’s parents, and would have Limited Eligibility, unless
the student were able to qualify for full eligibility under another provision of rule
19. (rule 19-7.1(c))
Practices following a School Transfer
Q. 19-31 Will Practice sessions attended by a student at a Sending School count at the
Receiving School after the student’s transfers to the Receiving School?
A. Yes. A student’s Practice sessions at a prior School may count toward the
minimum Practice requirements of the Practice Attendance Rules (rules 9-14,

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