7.2.b. If the transfer is from a home school or non-member school to a member school in the zone where the student’s parents reside, a student is eligible providing: (1) the student is enrolling in a member school for the first time, (2) the principals of both the non-member and member schools involved concur that undue influence is not involved with the transfer, and (3) meet all other eligibility rules that apply. If a student leaves a public or private member school at the end of the academic year and becomes a homeschooled student for the first time, the student must provide evidence of a 2.0 GPA from the second semester from the public or private member school in order to be eligible for extracurricular activities the next year. For each additional year, the student would follow provisions outlined in §127-2-3.11. A student who leaves a public or private member school anytime during the academic year to become a homeschooled student will be ineligible for extracurricular activities for the remainder of the semester. To gain eligibility, the student must provide evidence of satisfactory progress as defined by an average stanine of 4 or higher on a nationally normed assessment. 7.2.c. A student may be transferred from one attendance zone to another zone within the same county by a county board of education and maintain eligibility. The transfer must be initiated by county board of education personnel to fulfill certain special education program(s) not available in the attendance zone from which the student is transferred. Upon the completion of the special program, the student must return to the attendance zone of the student’s residence. 7.2.d. For the purpose of athletic eligibility, the Commission does not recognize emancipated minor status as it relates to transfer. 7.2.e. A student transitioning from a feeder middle school to its assigned high school, as determined by the county board of education or the school’s governing body, would not constitute a transfer. 7.2.f. If a member middle school student is released and accepted by formal actions of county board of education or governing body of a private/parochial school, the student will be granted immediate eligibility provided all other rules are met. The transfer must occur at the beginning of the academic year with the student enrolled on or before the eleventh instructional day of the beginning of the academic year and provided that the student is residing with the parents. This also applies to homeschool students, Hope Scholars, micro school students, learning pod students, and charter public school students. If the transfer occurs during a season in which the student has participated in any capacity within a WVSSAC established sports season (including, but not limited to summer participation) as set forth and published by the WVSSAC, the student will be eligible for all sports except for that sport. 7.2.g. After establishing initial residency with one parent, all subsequent transfers will follow §127-2-7.2.a unless a change of residency is decreed by the court. 7.2.h. Any homeschooled student participating in interscholastic athletics pursuant to W. Va. Code §18-2-25(d) who leaves a member school during the school year is subject to the same rules/protocols that apply to non- homeschooled student transfers. 7.2.i. A student not residing in West Virginia who transfers to any WVSSAC member school in grades 6-12 is not eligible for participation in extracurricular activities. A student not residing in West Virginia who attends a member school or member school feeder for the preceding 365 days is considered to have established eligibility in that attendance zone and is therefore eligible. §127-2-8. Adoption/Guardianship/Custody. 8.1. A student shall be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics and activities only if: (1) residing with one or both of the parents; (2) residing with a testamentary guardian following the death of the parents; or (3) residing in a location where the student was placed by the WVDHHR pursuant to §127-2-7.1.c.
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