Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
4.1 A
student who transfers schools shall be eligible immediately upon registration
at the receiving school provided the student meets all other DIAA eligibility
requirements and:
4.1.1 Has not participated
in interscholastic athletics during the previous 180 school days;
4.1.2 Is released by the sending
school;
4.1.3 Has completed the
registration process at the receiving school; and
4.1.4 Is pursuing an approved course of study
at the receiving school.
4.2 A student who has participated in
interscholastic athletics at any high school level may transfer 1 time to a
DIAA Member School without loss of eligibility if the following are met:
4.2.1 The student's transfer takes place
prior to the start of the earliest allowable start date of the fall sport's
season of the student's third year of eligibility at the high school level;
and
4.2.2 The student does not
participate in a contest in the same sport for different schools during the
same school year.
4.3 If
the student transfers more than 1 time or the transfer takes place after the
earliest allowable start date of the fall sport season of the student's third
year of eligibility at the high school level, the student will be subject to
the periods of ineligibility listed below for all sports they participated in
during the previous 180 school days at any level, not just varsity. The period
of ineligibility will begin on the receiving school's first day of competition,
for each team's published schedule.
4.3.1
Students who transfer after the earliest allowable start date of the fall
sport's season of the student's third year of eligibility at the high school
level will be subject to a 30-day period of ineligibility or half the maximum
number of regular season contests in that sport, whichever is less, for all
sports they participated in during the previous 180 school days.
4.3.2 Students who transfer a second or
subsequent time will be subject to an additional 30-day period of ineligibility
or half the maximum number of regular season contests, whichever is less, for
all DIAA sanctioned sports in which the student participated during the
previous 180 school days, and the loss of post-season eligibility.
4.3.3 When calculating the period of
ineligibility using the maximum number of contests, if there are an odd number
of contests, DIAA will round down to the nearest whole number.
4.4 Transferring students may
participate in a new sport without an ineligibility period.
