To ensure fair and equitable competition, as well as to encourage acceptable progress in the classroom, the FHSAA enforces eligibility regulations that have been adopted by its member schools, or enacted into law by the Florida Legislature.

These regulations establish standards with regard to attendance, academic status, age, years of participation, transfers, physical fitness, sportsmanship and amateurism. While the FHSAA is obligated to enforce these rules without favor or exception, the bylaws do provide a procedure by which students who are unduly hardshipped by the regulations may seek relief by requesting that their school file an appeal on their behalf. If a person deems any existing rule undesirable, that individual has the opportunity to generate change through the local high school representative or the Association’s Public Liaison Advisory Committee. Each may propose to repeal or reword the rule and have that person’s change submitted to a vote of the Association’s Board of Directors.