The Pasco County School Board is set to take another look at its transfer policy regarding student athletes.

The policy was put into place a year ago in an attempt to keep students and coaches from getting around recruiting rules.  Under the policy, a student athlete must wait a year after transferring before they can play sports again.

Other districts in the Bay area, including Hillsborough County, follow the same guidelines.

However, many parents have since appealed the rules, including Charlotte Jones.  Her sons played sports at Hernando High School last year, but after her 18-year-old son, Mike, got into some trouble while living with his father, she decided to move both son's back to Port Richey.

The district's athletic policy means Mike will be riding the bench at Ridgewood High School during his senior year.

“That’s the only thing that keeps him grounded, keeps him focused," she said. "...And this is the only way they’re going to be able to get a scholarship."

Jones said the rules are unfair.

“I just wanted them back home with me so I could keep an eye on them and they could finish out," she said.

Jones appealed the decision twice and was denied both times. The district won't comment on individual student cases beyond to say that if someone isn't allowed to play after going through that process, there's a good reason for it.

Since the policy was put into play last school year, Ray Bonti, the district's director of support services, said 180 students made appeals. Of them, about 95 percent of the students were allowed to play.

For the 10 or so who were denied, Bonti said their stories had serious holes.

"There was information that just didn't add up or presented red flags and to prevent kids from transferring for athletic reasons," he said. "We would deny those types of kids."

Still, after Jones addressed the school board Tuesday, members agreed to hold a workshop on Aug. 19 to go over how the policy has been holding up.

Jones said she is hopeful something will give.

“My boys just want to play ball, and I’m trying to help them do that and stay off these streets," she said.