Player Eligibility Requirements
Player Eligibility Requirements source document is the FHSAA 2007-2008 FHSAA Football Manual which can be accessed from the FHSAA website at FHSAA.org

Appendix A
FHSAA Eligibility Rules-in-Brief

Coaches must understand that these rules-in-brief are general statements only. Complete eligibility rules are contained in Article 11 of the FHSAA Bylaws. See your principal or athletic director if you have questions or need further explanation of details and exceptions.

To be eligible to represent your school in interscholastic athletics, a student-athlete:

1. Must be regularly enrolled and in regular attendance at your school. If the student is a home education student or attend a charter school that is not a member of the FHSAA, the student must declare in writing his/her intention to participate in athletics to the school at which he/she is permitted to participate prior to the first day of practice. (FHSAA Bylaw 11.1)

2. Must enroll in school within 10 days of the beginning of each semester to be eligible during that semester. If not, the student must make up all work missed and be in attendance a minimum of one day for each day missed due to late enrollment before your principal can declare the student eligible. (FHSAA Bylaw 11.1)

3. Must maintain a cumulative 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 unweighted scale through the end of the previous semester as required by Florida Statutes. This GPA must include all courses taken since the student entered high school. Sixth-graders, seventh-graders and eighth-graders must have been regularly promoted from the previous grade, carry a normal class load, do satisfactory classroom work and maintain a satisfactory conduct record. (FHSAA Bylaw 11.2)

4. Must not have graduated from any high school or its equivalent. (FHSAA Bylaw 11.2)

5. Must participate at the school in which the student first enrolls, or at which the student first takes part in an athletic practice, at the beginning of the school year. (FHSAA Bylaw 11.3)

6. Must transfer from his/her previous school prior to the first day of practice and secure an “Application for Waiver of the Transfer Rule” signed by the principal of both the previous school attended and your school. If the student transfers on or after the first day of practice in a sport the student cannot participate in that sport. If the student transfers from a school at which he/she was ineligible because of disciplinary action or unsatisfactory conduct, the student will be ineligible at your school for one full semester. If the student participates on a non-school team (i.e. AAU, American Legion, club settings, etc.) that is affiliated with or coached by a coach from a school other than the one the student attends, or has attended, and then transfer to that school, it will be assumed the student has been recruited to attend that school or transferred to that school for athletic reasons and the student will be ineligible there for one year. If the student transfers to a school that his/her coach has relocated to within the past

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