| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution honoring the Florida High School Athletic |
| 3 | Association for its promotion of interscholastic athletic |
| 4 | programs and the well-being of its student participants. |
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| 6 | WHEREAS, the Florida High School Athletic Association was |
| 7 | founded on April 9, 1920, by a group of 29 high school |
| 8 | principals, and |
| 9 | WHEREAS, in 1997, the Legislature gave the FHSAA statutory |
| 10 | recognition as the official governing body for interscholastic |
| 11 | athletics in Florida, and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, for over 90 years, the FHSAA, through the |
| 13 | cooperative efforts of its member schools, has provided |
| 14 | opportunities for high school students to participate on a fair |
| 15 | and equitable basis in interscholastic athletic programs, |
| 16 | providing vital educational benefits, and |
| 17 | WHEREAS, in the last 5 years, student athletic |
| 18 | participation in the FHSAA's 748 member schools has increased by |
| 19 | 23,313, for a total of 242,353 participating students, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, the FHSAA has recently added state series |
| 21 | competitions in boys and girls water polo, competitive |
| 22 | cheerleading, and lacrosse, and |
| 23 | WHEREAS, annually, the FHSAA recognizes 12 boys and 12 |
| 24 | girls as members of the Academic All-State team and awards each |
| 25 | honoree $1,000 and a medallion, and |
| 26 | WHEREAS, additionally, the FHSAA annually chooses one boy |
| 27 | and one girl as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year, awarding each |
| 28 | athlete an additional $3,000 and a trophy, and |
| 29 | WHEREAS, the FHSAA also presents an Academic Team Champion |
| 30 | Award in the fall, winter, and spring seasons to the teams in |
| 31 | each classification that have earned the highest grade point |
| 32 | average, and |
| 33 | WHEREAS, the average GPA for the 2009-2010 Academic Team |
| 34 | Champion Award winners was 3.96, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 36 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 37 | Florida: |
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| 39 | That the Florida High School Athletic Association is |
| 40 | recognized and congratulated on promoting the physical, mental, |
| 41 | and moral welfare of high school students through its |
| 42 | supervision, control, and promotion of interscholastic athletic |
| 43 | programs. |