RESIDENCE
Part A - Residence
7.5 A student shall be eligible in the zone in which his
parents reside. Public secondary school zones shall be established by official action by
each county Board of Education. Zones of nonpublic member schools shall be established by
their governing board and subject to approval by Board of Appeals.
7.6 A student shall be eligible if he is enrolling to
attend a secondary school for the first time at either a public school or a member
nonpublic secondary school in the zone in which his parents reside, unless he has
established eligibility under Rule 127-2-7.15 or Rule 127-2-7.21 in another attendance
zone.
7.7 When a town or city is located in two counties and
only one public secondary school is located in the town or city, students living in the
town or city may attend this secondary school if mutually agreed upon by the two county
Boards of Education and approved by the Board of Appeals.
7.8 A student from a broken home who is in the care of
the Department of Human Services of West Virginia shall be eligible to participate in
interscholastic athletics as a member of the athletic teams of the high school in the zone
in which said Department of Public Assistance places him in a home, provided he is
otherwise eligible under the rules of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities
Commission.
7.9 A student may be eligible outside his specified zone
of attendance if he has been in attendance in that zone the immediate preceding year (365
days) prior to entering a member secondary school. There can be no change of residence
involving change of attendance zone during the immediate preceding year (365 days).
7.10 (a) Should
the parents make a bona fide change of residence to a new school zone during the school
term, a student of any grade may remain in the school zone from which his parents moved
and retain eligibility.
(b) A student whose
parents have resided in the school zone for a minimum of one academic year at which the
student has been in attendance for a minimum of one academic year and whose parents move
out of the school zone may:
1) Retain his/her eligibility as long as said student retains
enrollment and attendance or:
2) Transfer at time of change of residence to the school in the
attendance zone in which his/her parents are now residing and be eligible in that school
or:
3) Transfer at any time prior to the start of the next school
year to the school in the attendance zone in which his/her parents are residing and be
eligible for interscholastic activities at the receiving school.
7.11 Students who have attended a given high school and
whose parents move from the zone following the completion of the student's eleventh (11th)
grade may retain eligibility for their twelfth (12th) grade, providing there is no undue
influence to retain the attendance of such students.
7.12 Foreign exchange students, attend a member school
under the auspices of approved student exchange programs, shall be considered eligible
regarding residence for a maximum period of one calendar year. Said foreign exchange
student may not be a graduate of the secondary school of his home country and must
maintain eligibility in a member school. A foreign exchange program must assign students
to schools by a method which insures that no student, school, or other interested party
may influence the assignment for athletic purposes.
7.13 A student returning from an approved foreign
exchange program may resume interscholastic competition in a member school at the point of
interruption provided the student did not receive credits toward graduation while
participating in the exchange program and provided the student meets all requirements
relative to age and semesters of eligibility.
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