High School Eligibility Information

• Student must be a regularly enrolled member of the school’s student body.
• Student must participate at the school to which he/she is assigned by the local board of education.
• A student may not have two residences for eligibility purposes

• Students who are enrolled in Virtual Academy are eligible to participate in athletics at their residential school.

• NCHSAA	WS/FCS
  School assignment is based on the residence of the parent or legal custodian within the administrative unit.	School assignment can be based on the residence of a person who presents a valid “caregiver affidavit.”
  In the event the parents are separated or divorced, the residence of the student shall be that of the parent to whom custody has been awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction. If no custody order has been entered, the residence shall be deemed to be that of the parent with whom the student begins the school year (i.e. 1st semester).*	If no order has been entered, residence can be established with either parent.
  Documents purporting to establish guardianship or custody issued by a notary public, an attorney, a clerk of court, or any entity other than a court of record with competent jurisdiction will not be accepted.	School must accept a valid caregiver affidavit for enrollment and decision-making purposes.

  These differences mean that a student could be properly enrolled in the school, but ineligible to play sports at that school under NCHSAA enrollment guidelines!

A student who elects to transfer from one WS/FC school to another WS/FC school after receiving his or her 9th grade school assignment must sit out from athletic participation for 365 days from the date of transfer.

Exceptions:

•Students who receive a transfer during the approved Choice transfer period. 

•Students who have a bona fide change in residence within the WS/FC schools.  (These students will be ineligible for athletic participation only for the remainder of the sports season during which they transferred.)

Not Exceptions:

•Students who transfer through a special transfer request during the school year.

•Students who return to their “home school” after receiving a transfer to a different school.

These students are ineligible for 365 days.

•Policy 6145: If a student is absent more than 10 days (excused or unexcused) in a semester, student is ineligible for sports in middle or high school during the next semester unless granted a hardship waiver.

•Policy 6145: Any student absent from athletic participation for at least five (5) consecutive days due to illness or injury shall receive written medical clearance by a healthcare professional licensed to practice medicine prior to being allowed to participate in practices or games. 

•AR 5110: The student must be present for 50% of a student day in order to participate in an athletic event on that day. 

NCHSAA academic requirements must be meet. 

https://www.nchsaa.org/eligibility-presentations-forms-policies

Academic Support Program Components outlined in Policy 6145 for WS/FCS