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Claim: Female student athletes in Florida are required to provide their schools with detailed information about their menstrual periods

Fact Check Analysis

The claim states that female student athletes in Florida are currently required to provide detailed menstrual period information to their schools. Based on my research:

Reasoning:

The requirement was proposed but never implemented - In January 2023, the Florida High School Athletic Association's (FHSAA) sports medicine advisory committee recommended making menstrual history questions mandatory, but this was only a recommendation that faced significant public opposition¹²³.
The FHSAA voted to remove the questions entirely - On February 9, 2023, the FHSAA board of directors voted 14-2 to remove all questions about menstrual cycles from the required medical evaluation form for the 2023-2024 school year and beyond⁴⁵. The new form went into effect starting spring 2023.
The menstrual questions were optional for years - While questions about menstrual history had appeared on Florida athletic forms for approximately two decades, they were always marked as "optional" for students⁵¹. The proposal would have made them mandatory, but this change was rejected.
The current policy does NOT require this information - As of February 2023, Florida student athletes are no longer asked about menstrual history on the required FHSAA forms at all⁴⁵.
Context matters - While Florida was considering this policy change in early 2023, the state ultimately rejected it. However, it's worth noting that approximately 35 states do require student athletes to submit menstrual history information to schools⁶.

Overall validity: 0%

The claim is false because the Florida High School Athletic Association explicitly voted to remove all menstrual history questions from student athlete forms in February 2023. Female student athletes in Florida are currently NOT required to provide this information to their schools.