High school athletes not required to share menstrual history

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female athletes to disclose their menstrual history. Instead, the executive director of the Florida High School Athletic Association is recommending that medical histories stay at the doctor’s office and not be stored at school. The association’s board is meeting Thursday to vote on whether to adopt the four-page form which would require student-athletes to submit to their schools only the last page of the form, stating their eligibility to participate in sports.