FAQs: Residency and School Attendance Eligibility

Parents or guardians will need to provide appropriate proofs of residence and/or the Little League school enrollment form as outlined above, regardless of a child’s previous participation in the league.

However, players who have a completed Tournament Player Verification form from a previous tournament season, along with the accompanying approved residency documentation, will be grandfathered to participate in the appropriate league using this form from a previous tournament season.

While the 17 accepted residency documents are the same as in past seasons, this change further enhances and refines the residency policy by assuring that local leagues or districts are determining a player’s place of residence by using documents from multiple origins.

No. Only players participating in tournament play MUST complete the Tournament Player Verification form. Some leagues are finding it useful to have all players fill out the Tournament Player Verification Form at registration, but it is not required.

Parents or legal guardians may request to complete a Tournament Player Verification form at player registration or download the document, and present the completed form at registration. If a player is subsequently selected for participation on a tournament team at the completion of that league’s regular season, the completed form and accompanying residency documentation or Little League school enrollment form that was submitted during registration would satisfy this requirement for Tournament eligibility.

A school’s performance records rarely indicate if an individual changed schools during the academic year, and many schools do not issue a performance record dated prior to October 1, making it difficult for a parent(s) or legal guardian(s) to produce a valid report card or performance record.

An official certified school enrollment form, or the Little League school enrollment form. Either document must be completed by a School Administrator, Principal, or Vice Principal that lists the schools address as well as verification that the student has been enrolled and attending prior to October 1 of the current academic school year.

The school enrollment form is available on the forms and publications page at LittleLeague.org.

Documents that support residence or school enrollment per Little League rules and regulations.

Residence – The acceptable residency documents outlined in the new residency standard, along with the child’s original birth certificate. These documents must contain the full residence information which includes a parent(s) or legal guardian(s) name, street address, city, state, and zip code information, dated, or in force, between February 1 of previous the year and February 1 of the current year, from one or more documents from each of the three groups.

School Enrollment – An official certified school enrollment form, or the Little League school enrollment form. Either document must be completed by a School Administrator, Principal, or Vice Principal that lists the schools address as well as verification that the student has been enrolled and attending prior to October 1 of the current academic school year.

Leagues that offer online registration are expected to schedule a specific time when the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of online registrants must bring their documents to be verified. This meeting date also provides an opportunity for leagues to share league-related information and recruit volunteers for the coming season.

No

An explanation of the required registration Information is available at: LittleLeague.org/Residence.

Local League officials should make note of the request to register and ask the parents to return with the proper documentation at some point prior to the close of registration.

Yes

Families are encouraged to use the registration method that meets the regulation, and is most convenient for them.

Residency documents must be dated, or in force, between February 1 of the previous year and February 1 of the current year.

Documents supporting school enrollment form must be dated prior to October 1 of the current academic school year.

You must follow the current residency and school enrollment form requirements.

No. Volunteers for a league do not have residency requirements.