Composition and Purpose

The Board of Directors appoints an Infractions Appeals Committee to hear and act upon appeals of schools found to have committed major violations. The committee is composed of five members as follows: one public school member, who must be a school-based administrator; one public school member, who must be either a school-based administrator or a district-level administrator; one private school member, who must be a school-based administrator; one private school member, who must be either a school-based administrator or a regional- or state-level administrator in a private school accrediting organization that is recognized by the FHSAA; and one attorney, who within the last five years, has been a member in good standing with the Florida Bar or the bar of any other state in the union, and who cannot be connected with any member school, public school district or private school accrediting organization, or represent student-athletes coaches or athletic directors in any manner. The committee will meet as needed.

Official minutes may be requested by reaching out to EmailEligibility@fhsaa.org. For minutes of an Infractions Appeals meeting from a previous school year, please click here.

Staff Liaison
Craig Damon
(352) 372-9551 ext. 240

Infractions Appeals Committee Meeting Information