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Details Of Miami-Dade, Brevard Transfer Policies

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 7, 2008

Only two school districts in Florida require high school students who transfer to schools outside of their home boundaries to sit out a year from athletics unless they can convince a committee they did not move for athletic reasons:

Miami-Dade Transfer Policy

Ninth-grade school determines athletic eligibility.

If parents move to a new boundary, the student does not have to sit out a year from athletics. School social workers at receiving schools verify new addresses.

Those granted hardship transfers by the district to schools outside their boundaries must appeal to the district's Athletic Eligibility and Rules Committee to waive the wait to play athletics. Most appeals are denied.

Students who have been home schooled or attended private school do not have to sit out a year if they attend a school in their boundaries, even if they enter after ninth grade.

Brevard Transfer Policy

Students transferring to another school after entering ninth grade must sit out 365 days before becoming eligible for an athletic team.

If the student moves and lives with the same parent, he or she does not have to sit out a year from athletics.

Principals at receiving schools are responsible for verifying residences.

Principals determine whether an appeal of the wait to play rule may be made after a student has moved to his or her school.

Appeals are made to a district appeals committee that meets three times a year.

Students may take a vocational or other special class at a school outside their boundaries, but their athletic eligibility remains with the school in their boundaries.

Students who have been home schooled or attended private schools do not have to sit out a year if they first enroll in their boundaries.
Marilyn Brown
Source: Miami-Dade and Brevard county schools
Only two school districts in Florida require high school students who transfer to schools outside of their home boundaries to sit out a year from athletics unless they can convince a committee they did not move for athletic reasons:

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