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Board reviews 2025–26 athletic handbook updates including FHSAA sportsmanship course, transfer appeals process and ticketing change
Summary
Coach Cupp presented proposed revisions to the 2025–26 athletic handbook covering required NFHS/FHSAA training, attendance and eligibility clarifications, a good-cause transfer review committee, a clearer sideline-cheer policy, and a plan to raise varsity football ticket prices while eliminating parking cash collection.
Coach Cupp presented proposed changes to the district’s 2025–26 athletic handbook at a Hernando County School Board workshop and answered board questions about eligibility, transfers and fees.
Cupp told the board the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recently added a sportsmanship module to required coursework for student-athlete registration; the handbook language was updated to include that new requirement in the list of mandatory modules. Cupp also described a number of clarifications intended to make athletic eligibility and discipline language more explicit, including how excessive unexcused absences and ISS/OSS affect participation and practice status.
Cupp said the handbook will explicitly state that students placed on 45 days of home instruction through an IEP committee are ineligible…
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