The bill has a counterpart in the Senate filed by Republican Kelli Stargel of Lakeland (who was a sponsor behind the 2012 legislative stripping of FHSAA power).
That the FHSAA vacated the season of one Palm Beach County school as a result, and declared forfeits for another school whose players were allegedly involved, may well be too much hurt on the students for legislators to bear.
In 1997, the legislature nearly killed the FHSAA over the issue how its rules could stifle transfers under school choice plans, but instead officially designated it the official public-school association as a compromise to the organization in a bill that regulated its organizational structure and governing authority.
According to the Tampa Tribune, an attorney for four of the five parents (as well as two transfer Armwood already has said will be ineligible for sports for the next calendar year) said they believe they were shut out of the process, even while admitting some of the information presented by the school and the FHSAA were correct.