The FHSAA reversed a proposal to mandate female athletes report menstrual cycle information to athletic directors and coaches. Below is a statement from Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book (D- Plantation):
“I want to thank FHSAA leadership for having the wisdom and fortitude to reject the bizarre, outrageous, and inappropriate recommendation regarding mandated period tracking for female athletes — and for not only soliciting but actually listening to public testimony. Tantamount to puberty policing, the FHSAA has agreed that there is absolutely no reason to mandate a student’s private, confidential reproductive health information be reported to anyone but their doctor or their parents — especially when such rules would apply to girls and young women. We must protect school sports which so greatly enrich students’ lives and prevent these settings from becoming politicized at all costs, for the sake of millions of young people across our state.”
