Florida Senate - 2025 SB 248 By Senator Simon 3-00481-25 2025248__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to private school student 3 participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic 4 extracurricular sports; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; 5 revising the criteria a private school student must 6 meet to participate in a sport at a Florida High 7 School Athletic Association (FHSAA) member school; 8 deleting a provision limiting which non-FHSAA member 9 private school students are eligible to participate in 10 FHSAA sports; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Paragraphs (a), (e), and (g) of subsection (8) 15 of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 16 1006.15Student standards for participation in 17 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student 18 activities; regulation. 19 (8)(a)The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) 20 shall, in cooperation with each district school board and its 21 member private schools, facilitate a program in which a middle 22 school or high school student who attends a private school is 23 eligible to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic 24 sport at a member public high school, a member public middle 25 school, a member 6-12 public school, or a member private school, 26 as appropriate for the private school students grade level, if: 27 1.The private school in which the student is enrolled is 28 not a member of the FHSAA or the private school in which the 29 student is enrolled is a member of the FHSAA and does not offer 30 the sport in which the student wishes to participate. 31 2.The private school student meets the guidelines for the 32 conduct of the program established by the FHSAAs board of 33 directors and the district school board or member private 34 school. At a minimum, such guidelines must provide a deadline 35 for each sport by which the private school students parents 36 must register with the member school in writing their intent for 37 their child to participate at that school in the sport. 38 (e)Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student 39 who wishes to participate in this program must make all student 40 records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial, 41 disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of 42 the FHSAA. 43 (g)Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA member 44 private schools consisting of 200 students or fewer are eligible 45 to participate in the program in any given academic year. 46 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.