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EL3

Florida High School Athletic Association

Revised 05/12

Consent and Release from Liability Certificate

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This completed form must be kept on file by the school

Attention Student and Parent(s)/Guardian(s)

Your school is a member of the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) and follows established rules. To be eligible to represent your

school in interscholastic athletics, in an FHSAA recognized sport (i.e. bowling, competitive cheerleading, girls flag football, lacrosse, boys volleyball,

water polo and girls weightlifting or sanctioned sport (i.e. baseball, basketball, cross country, tackle football, golf, soccer, fast-pitch softball, swimming

& diving, tennis, track & field, girls volleyball, boys weightlifting and wrestling), the student:

Must be regularly enrolled and in regular attendance at your school. If the student is a home education student or attends a charter school or Florida

Virtual School - Full time Program or a special/alternative school or certain small non-member private schools, the student must declare in writ-

ing his/her intention to participate in athletics to the school at which the student is permitted to participate. Home education students and students

attending small non-member private schools must must be approved through the use of a separate form prior to any participation. (FHSAA Bylaw

9.2 and Policy 16)

Must attend school within 10 days of the beginning of each semester to be eligible during that semester. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.2)

Must maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 unweighted scale prior to the semester in which the student wishes to partici-

pate. This GPA must include all courses taken since the student entered high school. A sixth, seventh or eighth grade student must have earned at

least a 2.0 grade point average on 4.0 unweighted scale the previous semester. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.4)

Must not have graduated from any high school or its equivalent. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.4)

Must participate at the school in which the student first enrolls (attends), or at which the student first takes part in an athletic practice, at the begin-

ning of the school year. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.2)

Must not transfer schools after the first day of practice of a sport , or otherwise the student cannot participate at the new school for the remainder

of the school year. Exceptions may apply. See your school’s principal/athletic director after first attending the new school. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.3)

Must not participate on a non-school team (i.e., AAU, American Legion, club setting, etc.) which is affiliated with a school or coached by a rep-

resentative of a school other than the one the student attends, or has attended, and then attend that school, otherwise the student will be ineligible

there for one year. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.2) Exceptions may apply. See your school’s principal/athletic director after first attending the new school.

Must not transfer to a school that the student’s coach has relocated to within a year, otherwise the student may be ineligible there for one year.

(FHSAA Bylaw 9.3)

Must not have enrolled in the ninth grade for the first time more than four school years ago. If the student is a sixth, seventh or eighth grade

student, the student must not participate if repeating that grade. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.5)

10. Must have signed permission to participate from the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) on a form (EL3) provided the school. (Bylaw 9.8)

11. Must be less than 19 years 9 months old to participate in high school; 16 years 9 months old to participate in junior high school; and 15 years 9

months old to participate in middle school, otherwise the student becomes ineligible to participate at that level. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.6)

12. Must undergo a pre-participation physical evaluation and be certified as being physically fit for participation in interscholastic athletics (form

EL2). The physical evaluation is valid for 365 calendar days from the date that it was administered after which time the student must successfully

undergo another physical evaluation to continue his/her participation. Parents and students must also submit a completed EL3CH which serves to

address heat illness and concussion dangers. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.7)

13. Must be an amateur. This means the student must not accept money, gift or donation for participating in a sport, or use a name other than his/her

own when participating. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.9)

14. Must not participate in an all-star contest in a sport prior to completing his/her high school eligibility in that sport. (FHSAA Policy 26)

15. Must display good sportsmanship and follow the rules of competition before, during and after every contest in which the student participates. If

not, the student may be suspended from participation for a period of time. (FHSAA Bylaw 7.1)

16. Must not provide false information to his/her school or to the FHSAA to gain eligibility. (FHSAA Bylaw 9.1)

17. Youth exchange, other international and immigrant students must be approved by the FHSAA office prior to any participation. Exceptions may

apply. See your school’s principal/athletic director. (FHSAA Policy 17)

If the student is declared or ruled ineligible due to one or more of the FHSAA rules and regulations, the student has the right to request that the school

file an appeal on behalf of the student. See the principal or athletic director for information regarding this process.

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