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You do not have to live in KY to play varsity sports at a KY high school. Player just has to be enrolled at the school they play.

Where does it say that in the KHSAA bylaws?  Can’t find it?
If this is true, just move to OH and play at any KY high school that you want…?  There has to be more to this story.

That is incorrect, must live in the school district unless private school.

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That is incorrect, must live in the school district unless private school.
Although the KHSAA will not investigate unless complaints are made. Then they simply send a employee to listed residence or ask for proof of res.

You do not have to live in the school district to attend that school and be eligible.
You can live in Lexington, enroll at Bowling Green High School, be eligible, if you want.

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Bylaw Amendment Required due to passage of 2021 HB563 amending KRS 156.070:

Bylaw 8 – Per Acts Chapter 167 (2021 HB563), as passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2021, which amended KRS 156.070(2)(h), Any student who transfers enrollment from a district of residence to a nonresident district under KRS 157.350(4)(b) shall be ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for one (1) calendar year from the date of the transfer.

A little further examination. Only if a parent is employed by said district would they be eligible if living out of state.     

SEC. 1) NON-RESIDENT STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTION
a) Under KRS 156.070 (2) (i), unless deemed to be eligible by the Ruling Officer or the Commissioner through Bylaw 6 (Transfer Rule), any student who transfers enrollment from a district of residence to a nonresident district under KRS 157.350(4)(b) after enrolling in grade nine (9) and participating in a varsity sport shall be ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for one (1) calendar year from the date of the transfer.
b) Per KRS 157.350 (4) ©, the provisions of subsection (a) above shall not apply to a nonresident pupil who attends a district in which a parent of the pupil is employed.
(1) The following definitions and guidelines must be met for a student to be counted as a CDE (child of district employee) student and, therefore, exempt from section 1(a) above, however, said students are subject to the provisions of Bylaw 6 (Transfer Rule):
a. The parent must be employed, holding an employment contract with the district at a level that requires that person to receive a W-2 and further requires the employee to participate in one of the state retirement systems (TRS, KRS, CERS), and does not include those who do not work enough hours to qualify for those benefits or if their employment is reported on a 1099-MISC.
b. The “parent” is defined as a person who has a school-age child who lives in the employee’s household, and the employee exercises custodial care and control of the child, including a biological or adoptive parent, step-parent, foster parent, or any person to who the courts have award custodial care of the child.

A "non resident" does not mean out of state, it means out of district. The parent part is being eligible to transfer without sitting out if parent is employed in the out of district school system.

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There is no By -Law that says students living out of state students cannot enroll and participate in KY high school sports.
If the out of state student enrolls in a KY high school, played varsity sports at another high school but did not change addresses they would have to sit out a year. Just like any other student who transfers in state.

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You do not have to live in KY to play varsity sports at a KY high school. Player just has to be enrolled at the school they play.

Where does it say that in the KHSAA bylaws?  Can’t find it?
If this is true, just move to OH and play at any KY high school that you want…?  There has to be more to this story.

That is incorrect, must live in the school district unless private school.

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That is incorrect, must live in the school district unless private school.
Although the KHSAA will not investigate unless complaints are made. Then they simply send a employee to listed residence or ask for proof of res.

You do not have to live in the school district to attend that school and be eligible.
You can live in Lexington, enroll at Bowling Green High School, be eligible, if you want.

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Bylaw Amendment Required due to passage of 2021 HB563 amending KRS 156.070:

Bylaw 8 – Per Acts Chapter 167 (2021 HB563), as passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2021, which amended KRS 156.070(2)(h), Any student who transfers enrollment from a district of residence to a nonresident district under KRS 157.350(4)(b) shall be ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for one (1) calendar year from the date of the transfer.

A little further examination. Only if a parent is employed by said district would they be eligible if living out of state.     

SEC. 1) NON-RESIDENT STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTION
a) Under KRS 156.070 (2) (i), unless deemed to be eligible by the Ruling Officer or the Commissioner through Bylaw 6 (Transfer Rule), any student who transfers enrollment from a district of residence to a nonresident district under KRS 157.350(4)(b) after enrolling in grade nine (9) and participating in a varsity sport shall be ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for one (1) calendar year from the date of the transfer.
b) Per KRS 157.350 (4) ©, the provisions of subsection (a) above shall not apply to a nonresident pupil who attends a district in which a parent of the pupil is employed.
(1) The following definitions and guidelines must be met for a student to be counted as a CDE (child of district employee) student and, therefore, exempt from section 1(a) above, however, said students are subject to the provisions of Bylaw 6 (Transfer Rule):
a. The parent must be employed, holding an employment contract with the district at a level that requires that person to receive a W-2 and further requires the employee to participate in one of the state retirement systems (TRS, KRS, CERS), and does not include those who do not work enough hours to qualify for those benefits or if their employment is reported on a 1099-MISC.
b. The “parent” is defined as a person who has a school-age child who lives in the employee’s household, and the employee exercises custodial care and control of the child, including a biological or adoptive parent, step-parent, foster parent, or any person to who the courts have award custodial care of the child.

A "non resident" does not mean out of state, it means out of district. The parent part is being eligible to transfer without sitting out if parent is employed in the out of district school system.

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There is no By -Law that says students living out of state cannot enroll and participate in KY high school sports.
If the out of state student enrolls in a KY high school, played varsity sports at another high school but did not change addresses they would have to sit out a year. Just like any other student who transfers in state.