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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

19-3.3 Second and Subsequent Transfers
a. Notwithstanding rule 19-3.2, when a student transfers for a second or subsequent time,
the student’s eligibility status – limited, full, or ineligible – will be determined according to
the eligibility and transfer rules outlined in rules 19 and 20; and
b. Second or subsequent transfers after the Start of Practice Date will be subject to a thirty
(30) day non-competition period or half (1/2) the Maximum Number of Contests in that
sport, whichever is less.
c. Students whose second transfer involves a return to the Member School where they
established their initial promotion eligibility within Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) days from
their enrollment date at the previous school will retain full eligibility.
19-3.4 Transfers Involving Non-Member Schools
Any time a student’s first transfer involves a non-Member School, the student’s eligibility
status –limited, full, or ineligible – will be determined according to the eligibility and transfer
rules outlined in rules 19 and 20.
19-3.5 Transfers Occurring After the Start of Practice
Students who transfer after the Start of Practice Date will be subject to a thirty (30) day non-
competition period or half (1/2) the Maximum Number of Contests in that sport, whichever
is less.
19-3.6 Senior Transfers
a. Notwithstanding rule 19-3.2, whenever a student’s transfer occurs after they have completed
six (6) semesters after their initial high school enrollment, their eligibility status – limited,
full, or ineligible – will be determined according to the eligibility and transfer rules outlined
in rules 19 and 20; and
b. Students will be subject to a thirty (30) day non-competition period or half (1/2) of the
Maximum Number of Contests, whichever is less, for each sport they participated in during
the three Hundred Sixty-Five (365) days preceding the transfer.
(1.) Exception: When a student’s parents/Guardian(s) make a Bona Fide change of
residence to a New District or Territory the student may transfer and attempt to
obtain full eligibility at any Public, Private, or Charter School which does not serve
the student’s area of residence but is located within a twenty (20) mile radius of the
new residence of the Parent(s)/Guardian(s), when the Bona Fide change of residence
involved a move of more than Fifty (50) miles; and is the student’s first time enrolling
in the school.
19-4 Transfer For Primarily Athletic Reasons or the Result of Undue Influence
To preserve the integrity of interschool athletics and to prevent or minimize recruiting,
proselytizing and school ‘jumping’ for athletic reasons, regardless of the circumstances, a
student athlete who transfers from One (1) school to a Receiving School for primarily athletic
reasons or as a result of undue influence will be granted less than full eligibility in sports
participation at the Receiving School for a Three-hundred Sixty-five (365) day period of eligibility
beginning on the date the student Enrolls at the Receiving School. The rule 19-4 levels of
athletic eligibility shall be as follows:
a. in any sport in which the student last participated during the Three-hundred Sixty-five (365)
days preceding the date of transfer, the student will be ineligible at the Receiving School
for Three- hundred Sixty-five (365) days beginning the date of enrollment at the Receiving
School;
b. in any sport for which the student transfers for primarily athletic reasons to participate in
that sport at the Receiving School, the student will be ineligible for Three-hundred Sixty-
five (365) days beginning the date of enrollment at the Receiving School;
c. in any sport for which the student transfers as a result of undue influence to participate in
that sport at the Receiving School, the transferring student will be ineligible at the Receiving
School for Three- hundred Sixty-five (365) days beginning the date of enrollment at the
Receiving School;
d. in all other sports the student will have Limited Eligibility at the Receiving School for Three-
hundred Sixty-five (365) days beginning the date of enrollment at the Receiving School;
however,
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