Eligibility is checked in August and not again until the end of the semester in January.  There is no eligibility status change made at interims or the nine weeks period.

A student may participate in interscholastic athletics until reaching the age of 19 years and 9 months.  Upon reaching that age, the student shall be ineligible for further participation in athletic competition.

Students are eligible for no more than four consecutive academic years upon entering the ninth grade as defined by the pupil progression plan of the school in which the student is enrolled.

Students shall be eligible in the school in which they first enroll each school year, or make themselves a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in practice prior to enrolling in any member school. This rule for athletic eligibility does not supercede the authority of the school board to determine where a student attends school. Reassigned students within the same academic year shall not carry eligibility to another Broward County public school without a hardship waiver review by the FHSAA and the student’s right to due process. If a student’s domicile is changed then that is moving residency and the student become eligible. If the student moves without his/her parent or other individual with whom the student has lived continuously for a full calendar year, then this will not be considered a corresponding change in residency.