31.8.08

CIF Transfer question

My husband took a new job and we just moved to south Orange County (we were in Bakersfield before) and my son is livid and telling me he will not be eligible to play football or basketball for a whole year. A friend of his transferred to our last high school and had to sit out a whole year and my son thinks the same will happen to him. Can you help us in some way? Is there a way to transfer and have your child eligible to play sports? He played both football and basketball at his last school when he was a freshman. He will start this year as a sophomore and he has dreams of trying out for varsity. Do you have any suggestions?

Your son should be fine. A residential move for a child with his parents is not considered a transfer under California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) rules. When he enrolls in his school, he will be immediately eligible to play all of the sports he played at his last school. Those transfer rules that he knew about are in effect only for children who are transferring schools without a residential move. If a child does not move, or if one parent moves, but the other parent continues to reside in the home for which they enrolled their child, that child needs to fill out transfer paperwork to be eligible to attend a new high school. Your son, however, is simply going to a new school, so tell him to get ready to try out for his new team.

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