A transfer student is one who changes schools after he/she participates at a school each year.
Participation includes any involvement in school-sponsored activities on or after the official start date for any sport season. School-sponsiored activities include, but are not limited to, tryouts, conditioning, practices and interscholastic contests. Please visit the individual sport page to determine the official start date.
Florida statutes and FHSAA Bylaws establish eligibility of transfer students.
A transfer student who has not participated in school-sponsored activities on or after the official start date of any sport season may seek to immediately join a team, provided the roster has not reached the identified maximum size and the coach determines that the student has the requisite skill and ability to participate.
A transfer student who has participated in school-sponsored activities on or after the official start date for any sport may participate, provided he/she qualifies under one of the following criteria:
- The sudent is the dependent child of active duty military personnel whose move resulted from military orders.
- The student has been relocated due to a foster care placement in a different school zone.
- The student has moved due to a court-ordered change in custody due to separation or divorce, or the serious illness or death of a custodial parent.
- The student and one or more person with whom he/she has been living make a full and complete move to a new home address that necessitates a change in schools.
- The student is involuntarily reassigned by the district school board.
- The student is admitted from a waitlist within the first twenty (20) school days of the academic year.