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Bill introduced to allow high school athletes in Kentucky one transfer with immediate eligibility

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Kentucky lawmaker Nick Wilson, a Republican representing Kentucky District 82, has introduced an act to amend KRS 156.070. The amendment would allow high school athletes to be ruled immediately eligible after their first transfer.

The proposed amendment reads as follows:

“A student who is enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12), participates in a varsity contest in any interscholastic sport at a member school following enrollment in grade nine (9), and then transfers to another member school shall be eligible to participate in varsity contests in any interscholastic sport at the new member school for the first time the student makes a transfer.