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July 17 date for FHSAA hearing The Gulf Breeze News learned after the publication of last week's paper the next court date in regards to Policy 6, the schedule reduction rule passed by the Florida High School Athletic Association in April. Attorneys for the FHSAA and Florida Parents for Athletic Equity will be in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville again on July 17 in an evidentiary hearing regarding FPAE's preliminary injunction of Policy 6. The Policy, passed by the FHSAA two months ago, would reduce most varsity sports schedules by 20 percent and junior varsity sports by 40 percent. Varsity football went unaffected, which brought about the suit, filed by Nancy Hogshead-Makar on behalf of six families. The FHSAA must have its responsive brief filed by July 8, with the FPAE filing an optional reply by July 14. The FHSAA's Board of Directors have scheduled a July 15 meeting, where if they vote to rescind Policy 6, the evidentiary hearing would not be needed. "FPAE is pleased that the FHSAA is finallly taking gender equity more seriously after we filed our lawsuit in federal court," Hogshead-Makar said in an email to the Gulf Breeze News last week. "Although the overriding reason for the reduction was to ease the financial burden on the schools in Florida, it would not help to turn around and have them pay money in legal fees for actions in litigation," said Executive Director Roger Dearing. Member schools of the FHSAA pay a fee based upon the schools student population. In addition, each year, all member schools share the financial burden of the previous year's litigation expenses. |
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