Eligibility Forms
Eligibility
Athletic directors should submit their eligibility rosters on or before the first date of competition for each season. Member school eligibility rosters should be uploaded using the AD Portal.
Protect Your Athletic Eligibility
You are not eligible:
1. If you attend a high school and become 19 years of age before June 15 immediately preceding that school year. (Reg. 1009.2.1.1)
2. If you attend a junior high/middle school that terminates in the 8th grade and become 15 years of age before June 15 immediately
preceding that school year. (Reg. 1008.2.1.1.1)
*3. If you are not legally enrolled at the school which you represent. (Reg. 1008.2.3.1 and Reg. 1009.2.3.1)
4. If you are not residing with your custodial parent(s), court appointed legal guardian(s), Relative Caregiver, or are a student 18 years
of age or older and living in the attendance zone of the school you attend unless you are participating in the Delaware School Choice
Program, attend a private school or are a boarding school student. If your custodial parent(s), legal guardian(s) or relative
caregiver(s) relocates to a different attendance zone, you must notify your athletic director immediately. (Reg. 1008.2.2.1
and Reg. 1009.2.2.1)
*5. If you were absent unexcused or absent due to illness or injury; have been suspended (in-school or out-of-school); or have been
assigned to homebound instruction or an alternative school for disciplinary reasons. (Reg. 1008.2.3.4 and 1008.2.3.5 Reg.
1009.2.3.5 and 1009.2.3.6)
6. If you failed to complete the preceding semester for reasons other than personal illness or injury. (Reg. 1008.2.3.6; Reg. 1009.2.3.7)
7. If you do not pursue a regular course of study and pass at least five credits per marking period (equivalent of four credits in junior
high/middle school), two credits of which must be in the areas of Mathematics, Science, English, Social Studies, or World Language.
If you are a senior, you must pass all courses which satisfy an unmet graduation requirement. (Reg. 1008.2.6.; Reg.1009.2.6.1)
8. A student who has previously participated in interscholastic athletics that transfers more than one time during their first y ear
of eligibility shall be ineligible in any sport for a period of ninety (90) school days commencing with the first day of offi cial
attendance in the receiving school. The period of ineligibility shall continue to the next grade/school year until 90 school days
have passed.
9. If you transfer after the first day of school of your third year of high school, you are ineligible to participate in any sport you
previously participated in for a period of one school year ( Reg. 1009.2.4)
10. If you participated in the Delaware School Choice Program during the previous academic year and transferred to your “home
school” for the current academic year without completing your two-year commitment or receiving a release from the sending
school. (Reg. 1008.2.3.3; Reg. 1009.2.3.4)
11. If you participated in the Delaware School Choice Program during the previous academic year and transferred to another “choice
school” for the current academic year unless you are playing a sport not sponsored by the sending school. (Reg. 1008.2.4.6.1; Reg.
1009.2.4.7.1)
12. If you reached the age of majority (18), occupied a residence in a different attendance zone than your custodial parent(s) or court
appointed legal guardian(s), and have not been in regular attendance at your receiving school for at least 90 school days unless you
are participating in the Delaware School Choice Program and your application was properly submitted prior to your change of
residence. (Reg. 1009.2.2.1.7)
13. If you attend a high school and more than four years has elapsed since you first entered 9th grade, or more than five years has
elapsed since you just entered 8th grade in schools with 8th grade eligibility for high school sports. (Reg. 1009.2.7.1 and 2.7.2.1)
14. If you attend a junior high/middle school in which only grades 7-8 are permitted to participate in interscholastic athletics and more
than two years has elapsed since you first entered 7th grade. (Reg. 1008.2.7.1)
15. If you attend a junior high/middle school in which grades 6-8 are permitted to participate in interscholastic athletics and more than
three years has elapsed since you first entered 6th grade. (Reg. 1008.2.7.2)
16. If you have played on or against a professional team or have accepted cash or a cash equivalent (savings bond, certificate of deposit,
etc.); a merchandise item(s) with an aggregate retail value of more than $150; a merchandise discount; a reduction or waiver of
fees; a gift certificate or other valuable consideration for athletic participation. (Reg. 1009.2.5.1.4 and 2.5.1.5)
17. If you have used your athletic status to promote a commercial product or service in an advertisement or personal appearance.
(Reg. 1009.2.5.1.7)
18. If you have not been cleared by a licensed physician (M.D. or D.O.), a certified nurse practitioner or a certified physician’s assistant
on or after April 1 based on a physical examination conducted within 12 months of the signature, and written consent from
your custodial parent(s) or court appointed legal guardian(s) to participate in interscholastic athletics is not on file in the school
office. (Reg. 1009.3.1.1.1 and Reg. 1008.3.1.1)
19. If you participate in an all-star game not approved by DIAA before you graduate from high school. (Reg. 1009.5.4)
20. If you are a foreign exchange student not participating in a two-semester program listed by the Council on Standards for International
Educational Travel (CSIET). (Reg. 1009.2.8.1.2)
21. If you are an international student not in compliance with all DIAA regulations including Reg. 1009.2.2 residency requirements.
(Reg. 1009.2.8.2)
*If you are not in compliance with these requirements, you may not try-out, practice, scrimmage or play in a game.
NOTE: Consult with your coach, athletic director, or principal for information concerning additional eligibility requirement.