§ 313 — Transfers; eligibility; periods of ineligibility

(a) Immediate eligibility. —

(1) A student who transfers schools is immediately eligible to participate in an interscholastic athletic sport in which the student has not previously participated, upon enrollment at the student’s receiving school.

(2) A student who transfers schools is immediately eligible to participate in an interscholastic athletic sport in which the student has previously participated, upon enrollment at the student’s receiving school, if all of the following apply:

a. The student did not participate in the interscholastic athletic sport during the previous 180 school days.

b. The student is released from the student’s sending school.

c. The student has completed the enrollment process into the student’s receiving school.

d. The student is pursuing an approved course of study at the student’s receiving school.

e. The student meets all other Association eligibility requirements.

(3) A student who is placed with the Department of Children, Youth and their Families is immediately eligible to participate in an interscholastic athletic sport upon enrollment at the student’s receiving school.

(4) First transfer; immediate eligibility. —

A student who has participated in interscholastic athletics at the high school level during the previous 180 school days may transfer 1 time to an Association member school and be immediately eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the student’s receiving school, if both of the following criteria are met:

a. The student’s transfer is before the earliest allowable start date of the fall interscholastic athletic sport season of the student’s third year of eligibility at the high school level.

b. The student does not participate in a contest in the same interscholastic athletic sport for different schools during the same school year.

(b) Subsequent transfers; period of ineligibility. —

(1) A student is subject to a period of ineligibility of 30 days or ½ of the maximum number of contests, whichever is less, for each interscholastic athletic sport in which the student participated during the previous 180 school days, if either of the following apply:

a. The student has already transferred schools at least 1 time. A student under this paragraph is not eligible to participate in the interscholastic athletic sport’s post-season.

b. The student transfers after the earliest allowable start date of the fall interscholastic athletic sport season of the student’s third year of eligibility at the high school level.

(2) A period of ineligibility under this subsection begins on the receiving school’s first day of competition for the relevant interscholastic athletic sport.

(3) To calculate the maximum number of contests under paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Association shall round down to the nearest whole number if the number of contests is not divided evenly.

(c) Applicability. —

Sections 313, 314, 315, and 316 of this title apply to all of the following:

(1) A student enrolled in grades 9 through 12.

(2) Each student at each level of participation in an interscholastic athletic sport, not only the varsity level.

(3) Each Association-sanctioned sport in which a student who transfers schools participated during the 180 school days preceding the transfer.

(d) Tracking form. —

The receiving school of a student seeking eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletics must submit to the student’s sending school a tracking form to initiate the eligibility process. The sending school shall complete the tracking form and submit the completed form to the receiving school and the Executive Director. The tracking form must indicate whether immediate eligibility applies or which, if any, of the exceptions under § 314 of this title apply.

Legislative History

84 Del. Laws, c. 343, § 4