Footnote Article: Rules on Transfers
PIAA Constitution and Bylaws: Section 6. Termination of Team(s) for Budgetary Reasons.
Notwithstanding any other provision under this ARTICLE, a
student enrolled at, or who would have otherwise been promoted
to, a PIAA member school which ceases, primarily for budgetary
reasons, to sponsor one or more of its Teams (the "Terminating
School") may Transfer to, and be eligible to participate in
interscholastic athletics at, another PIAA member school (the
"Receiving School") under the following conditions:
a. Within one year immediately preceding the date of
Transfer, the student must have been a member of the
Team which was subsequently terminated primarily for
budgetary reasons, by the Terminating School or, if being
promoted, was a member of a Feeder School's Team in that
sport;
b. The student, because of the termination of the Team
primarily for budgetary reasons, Transfers to a public school
or Private School located within the public school district of
the student's residence or to such a school located in a
contiguous public school district;
c. The student must submit to the District Committee of
the student's residence a properly executed PIAA Member
School Athletic Transfer Waiver Request Form specifying
that the reason for the Transfer is the termination of the
Team, primarily for budgetary reasons, by the Terminating
School, accompanied by certification by the Terminating
School's Principal confirming that (1) the Team was
terminated; (2) the Team was terminated primarily for
budgetary reasons; and (3) the student participated within
one year immediately preceding the date of the student’s
Transfer on the terminated Team at the Terminating School
or on one of its Feeder School Team’s in that sport;
d. Upon receipt of the applicable Form and certifications,
the District Committee shall provide confirmation to the
student and the Receiving School’s Principal that the
student is eligible at the Receiving School in the sport which
had been terminated primarily for budgetary reasons by the
Terminating School;
e. A student desiring to play any other sports at the
Receiving School must so indicate such intention upon
submission of the PIAA Member School Athletic Transfer
Waiver Request Form (a supplemental Form may be
submitted later if the student does not know at the time of
the initial submission whether the student will participate in
additional sports at the Receiving School). The applicable
District Committee may conduct an inquiry as to whether the
student's Transfer was materially motivated in some way by
an athletic purpose relating to that sport and, if it so finds,
may declare the student ineligible to participate in sports
other than the terminated sport for a period of one year
immediately following the date of the student’s Transfer.
The student may, however, re-enroll at the Terminating
School and remain eligible to participate in all sports at that
school. Upon such re-enrollment, the student is not later
entitled to eligibility under this Section should the student
again Transfer for the same terminated sport.
f. Should the Terminating School reinstate the terminated
sport in a future year, a student who has transferred is
permitted to Transfer back to the Terminating School and
shall, without further action, is automatically eligible to
participate in all sports at the Terminating School.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any
PIAA member school to accept a student requesting to Transfer
to that school.
This Section is not applicable where the Terminating School
has entered into a Cooperative Sponsorship of a Sport
Agreement with any other PIAA member school to permit
participation by students at the Terminating School in the
terminated sport.
Any PIAA member school, or affiliated personnel or persons,
which in any way recruits students from a Terminating School is
subject to the provisions of ARTICLE VI, TRANSFERS,
RESIDENCE, AND RECRUITING, Section 7, Recruiting, of the
PIAA By-Laws.