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Rule 19 - Eligibility and Transfer

to a Receiving School, attends several Summer Open Facility session at the
Receiving School, but then decides not to remain there, and instead decides
to return to the Sending School. Must a Transfer Report be completed at the
Sending School since the student never attended any classes or competed in
an interscholastic event at the Receiving School?
A. Summer Open Facility session are open only to transfer students who have
enrolled at the School hosting the Summer Open Facility, who have completed
the first two sections of the Transfer Report and who have submitted the Report
to the IHSAA. Since the student here attended several Open Facilities session
at Receiving School, it may be assumed that the student had enrolled there,
and that meant that, if the student returned to the Sending School, the student
would have to complete a Transfer Report at the Sending School. However,
if here it turned out that the student had really not Enrolled at the Receiving
School, then there was never an ‘Enrollment’ and a Transfer Report at the
Sending School was not required. However, participation in a Summer Open
Facility by this student was a violation of the Participation rule (rules 15-1.5
(b), 15-2.5 (b)) and the student and School B are both subject to penalty from
the IHSAA.
Q. 19-18 What action should be taken by a member School when unable to obtain
endorsed Transfer Report from an out-of-state school?
A. The principal should promptly contact Commissioner and request a waiver.
(rule 19-3)
Q. 19-19 Is there a penalty when a transfer student, a transfer student’s family or a
Receiving School submit false or misleading information on, or withhold
pertinent information from, a Transfer Report?
A. Yes. Under rule 19-3, a Transfer Report must be completed by each
transfer student, by the Sending School(s) involved and by the Receiving
School, and must be submitted to the IHSAA before a transfer student can
be athletically eligible at a Receiving School. If the Transfer Report contains
false or misleading information, or if pertinent information is withheld, and if
that information was provided or withheld by the transfer student, the transfer
student’s family or supporters, or the Receiving School, rule 17-7.4 provides
for the penalties which can include the student’s loss of eligibility.
Q. 19-20 If the parents of a student move into a new area which is Served by both a
Public and a Private member school, where must the student attend in order
to be athletically eligible?
A. Under rule 19-5.2, when a student transfers with a corresponding change of
residences by the parents/guardians to a new District or Territory, the student
may attend a Charter School, the Public School Serving the student’s new
residence or a Private School Serving the student’s new residence.
Enrollment Options Following a Move
Q. 19-21 After moving to a New District or Territory with his/her parent, a student Enrolls
at a Public School which does not serve the student’s new residence or a
Private School which does not serve the student’s new residence. Will the
student be fully eligible?
A. No. A student transferring with a corresponding change of residence by the
parents to a New District or Territory can obtain full eligibility only at a Public
School or Private School Serving the student’s new Residence, or at a Charter
School. Transferring to an out-of-District Public School or an out-of-Territory
Private School will result in Limited Eligibility unless the student can establish
grounds for a waiver. (rule 19-5.1(b))
Transfers without a Corresponding Change of Residence
Q. 19-22 A student attends a Public School which is to close at the end of the current
School Year. The student knows that next year his/her residence will be
served by (Public) School A. The student decides to go ahead and transfer
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