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Recruiting and Registration

There are several steps to becoming a high school sports official with the CFOA and FHSAA.

You can view the FHSAA's summary of those steps on the right hand side of the page.

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NEW OFFICIALS

Interested in joining the CFOA? If you are a new official or transferring to the area, please fill out the following form and a member of the CFOA will contact you. Once we have your information, we will give you details on how to register with the CFOA, FHSAA, and any pertinent dates for upcoming seasons.

Click for the Recruitment Form

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RETURNING CFOA OFFICIALS:

All Officials, Basketball, Football & Girls Flag Football

The CFOA registration for the upcoming season is now available. Please log on to www.arbitersports.com using your registered email address and password.

Once logged in, look to the right of the screen and you will notice, in bold print, the phrase “Click here to re-register”. Please click on the phrase. This will take you to the registration process. It will take you through five (5) screens.

Screen 1 – Name and Email address – If name is not spelled correctly, please correct.

Click Next

Screen 2 – Address and telephone numbers – if any are not correct, please correct and send an email to cfoa@cfl.rr.com advising of the change to the address and/or telephone number(s)

Click Next

Screen 3 – Sports – it will show the current sport(s) that you worked last season. If you plan to work the same sport(s), check the box(es) for that sport(s). If you are planning to work a sport which you did not work last year, please send an email to cfoa@cfl.rr.com advising of your intention to work additional sport(s) and what that sport(s) you would like to work. The appropriate parties will then be notified to include you in their mailings for that sport.

If you are planning to drop a sport that you worked last year, please advise,

Click Next

Screen 4 – Date fingerprinted and spouse’s name (if previously given). If the fingerprint field is blank, it indicates that the CFOA/Quad County database does not have a record of you completing the fingerprint process. If you have completed the fingerprint process and the field is blank, please send an email to cfoa@cfl.rr.com indicating the date which you were fingerprinted and the county school board which did the fingerprinting. The CFOA will then check with the county school board as to the status of your fingerprints.

If the spouse’s name field is blank and you wish to update that field with your spouse’s name, please add it to the field.

Click Next

Screen 5 – Self explanatory – Click the appropriate boxes.

Click Finish

Once you have click Finish, you have completed the re-registration process.

IF YOU HAVE MADE CHANGES TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIELDS, Please send an email to cfoa@cfl.rr.com letting us know of the change.

Name

Address

Adding or deleting a Sport

All name and address changes will be coordinated with the CPA’s office to ensure that your check is mailed to the correct address.

If you have any questions regarding the re-registration process, please contact me via email or telephone at

cfoa@cfl.rr.com

Cell phone 407-415-2589

Al St. Pierre – Arbiter Coordinator

Summary of steps to become and official from the FHSAA's becomeanofficial.org website

Verify that you meet the requirments to become an FHSAA Official

--Be 18 years of age or older. Note that if you are either 16 or 17 years old, you can still join our Student Officials Program.
--Submit to the FHSAA Office a valid application for registration
--Pay appropriate non-refundable registration fees
--Join and maintain membership in a local officials association
--Certify that you have never been arrested for or convicted of a felony.
Register with a local officials association.
You must join and maintain membership in a local official association which has been sanctioned by the FHSAA Office (CFOA).
Register with the FHSAA .
You must register with the Florida High School Athletic Association through an online application. During this process, you will select which sport(s) you want to officiate, and which official's associations you are a member of. Click here for the online application!
Comply with the Jessica Lunsford Act.
The Jessica Lunsford Act is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend.

This means that your local officials association will need your finger print clearance prior to assigning you. You may contact your local county school district office for information regarding locations to complete the fingerprint process.

Officials are independent contractors and require a level 2 screening (background check). This is a check of a person's background via state and national databases to ascertain whether the individual has been convicted of a crime(s) and its/their nature. It requires you to file with the district school board a set of fingerprints taken by an authorized law enforcement agency or an employee of the school or school district who is trained to take fingerprints.

You may refer to Florida Statutes 1012.467 and 1012.468 by clicking here
View the mandatory online rules video presentation.
You must view the mandatory Online Rules Presentation Video during a set time period. This time period will be posted on http://officials.fhsaa.org, and the video will be accessible at http://tech.fhsaa.org/eclassroom. The video will be approximately one hour long (times vary depending on the sport), and will be divided into three sections: 1) An opening giving a presentation of the FHSAA, 2) The sports specific presentation, and 3) a short quiz. You will not be allowed to leave your computer during the video. If you are not present at the computer when the video ends, you will have to watch it again to receive credit.
Register and take the mandatory open or closed book rules examination
You must take a mandatory rules exam for your sports. The exam is available online at https://testing.fhsaa.org. The schedules of the exams will be posted on that website as well as http://officials.fhsaa.org.