2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 51
school that serves his area of residence, the student would be
ineligible for varsity competition for one year.
BONA FIDE MOVE DEFINED
• QUESTION: What is meant by the term “bona fide move?”
ANSWER: A “move” is defined as the actual physical relocation in
a joint residence, with the intent to reside indefinitely, and to
terminate all occupancy at the previous residence.
THE TRANSFER RULE
• SITUATION: A student attends School “A” while living in that school's
attendance area. He and his parents move into the service area of
public School “B,” and the student enrolls in School “B.” Is the student
eligible to participate in interscholastic activities?
INTERPRETATION: Yes. This is a classic example of a legitimate
transfer.
• SITUATION: A student and his parents reside in the service area for
a county school. The student enters the ninth grade at a non-member
private school. At the end of the ninth-grade year, the student wishes
to transfer from the non-member school to the high school that serves
his area of residence. Will the student be eligible at the member
school?
INTERPRETATION: Yes. A student may transfer from a nonmember
school to a member school serving his area of residence
one time in his high school career as long as all other eligibility
criteria are met.
• SITUATION: A student begins ninth grade at the school that serves
his area of residence. With one month to go in the school year, the
student transfers to a non-member private school. At the beginning
of the tenth-grade year, the student enrolls at a member school that
does not serve his area of residence. Is this student immediately
eligible at the new school?
INTERPRETATION: No. The student is now a migrant student
because he transferred to a school without living in that service area.
If the student had transferred back to the member school at which he
began the ninth-grade, he would have been eligible.
• SITUATION: A student who attended ninth and tenth grade in a nonmember
home school enrolls at the public school that serves his
area of residence. That school specifies that students from home
schools must be tested in order for the course work to be accepted.
May this student participate in athletics before the testing is done?