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Rule 12 - Enrollment

18-1.3) Once a school is selected, however, any later change of selection
or transfer shall be treated as a school transfer under rule 19.
Eight Semester/Four Year Eligibility - Generally
Q. 12-12 How long may a student be Enrolled during a semester, then drop out, and
not have the semester be counted under the Eight Semester Rule (rule 12)?
A. A student Enrolling as a freshman at a School may withdraw any time prior
to the sixteenth (16th) school day following the student’s Enrollment and not
have the semester count under the Eight Semester Rule. In the case of a
student who has already begun high school, every semester counts toward
the student’s Eight (8) consecutive semesters/Four (4) consecutive years,
regardless of whether the student is Enrolled at a school or not during the
period. (rule 12-2)
Q. 12-13 May a student, who has been in high school Four (4) fall semesters and Four
(4) spring semesters or Twelve (12) Trimesters, but who has not participated
in athletics, participate in athletics?
A. No, Enrollment as a freshman begins the Eight (8) consecutive semesters of
athletic opportunity, regardless of the student’s participation in athletics. (rule
12-2)
Physical Exception to Eight Semester Rule
Q. 12-14 A senior participates in a full season of cross country in the fall, then goes out
for basketball and is seriously injured after only Two (2) games of the basketball
season, and because of the injury is required to withdraw from the School and
receives no credit for the fall semester. Is the student eligible for a fall sport
(cross county or football ) or a winter sport (basketball) the next year?
A. The student is not eligible to participate in any fall sport since the student had
participated in more than Twenty percent (20%) of the authorized Contest
Season in cross country as a senior. The student would, however, be eligible
for a winter sport, basketball, during the fall Semester. (rule 12-3)
Q. 12-15 A senior is withdrawn because of serious illness or injury during the fall semester
and does not receive any credit for the semester, and then decides that it is
better to stay out for an entire year and does so. Will the student be eligible
for both the following semesters?
A. If the student has not violated any other IHSAA rule, including the Age Rule,
and the decision to stay out for an entire year is supported by verification
from the treating physician, and School officials believe that the decision is
not motivated by athletic reasons, then an additional year of eligibility may be
granted in those sport seasons where participation had not exceeded Twenty
percent (20%) of the Contest Season (rule 12-3)
Requirement of Transfer Report under rule 12-5(5) and 12-6(c)
Q. 12-16 When a student enrolls at a Public School in a full credit subject, as required
by rule 12-5 (5) and rule 12-6 (c), must an IHSAA Transfer Report form be
completed?
A. No. A student enrolling in a full credit subject for purposes of eligibility under
Rule 12-5 (5) or Rule 12-6 (c) is not transferring to the Public School, but
establishing eligibility at the School and need not complete an IHSAA Transfer
Report.

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