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    • Home
    • DATES - High School
    • High School - Joining
    • FHSAA
    • Training Tools
    • What Makes a Good Umpire
    • Middle School - Joining
    • Background Check
    • Arbiter
    • Uniforms & Equipment
    • JV Time Limit
    • Keeping a Line-up Card
    • PBBUA Board Info.
    • Forms

  • Home
  • DATES - High School
  • High School - Joining
  • FHSAA
  • Training Tools
  • What Makes a Good Umpire
  • Middle School - Joining
  • Background Check
  • Arbiter
  • Uniforms & Equipment
  • JV Time Limit
  • Keeping a Line-up Card
  • PBBUA Board Info.
  • Forms

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FHSAA Association Directory

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Joining - Six Mandatory Items For HIGH SCHOOL

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

To work High School Baseball in Palm Beach County you must:

Join the FHSAA - Florida High School Athletic Association.

Join PBBUA - Local association.  The FHSAA requires officials to also join a local group.  PBBUA is the only local group assigning sanctioned High School baseball in Palm Beach County.   

1. JOINING FHSAA - Insurance included


Deadline for returning members to avoid $10 late fee is January 29, 2025.

FINAL deadline is February 12, 2025.

(When signing up for FHSAA, pick PBBUA as your primary, unless you live and work in another association).


FHSAA accepts Credit Cards.  


New Members:  https://fhsaa.arbitersports.com/front/103524/Site

Arbiter Sports:  also how you receive game assignments.


Returning Members :  On  your Arbiter Account:  Click on FHSAA Central Hub to renew.   


Fee:  $45 initial sport, increasing to $60. Sign up early.

 

Insurance:  Provided by National Federation of High Schools  

Claims & Questions - Dissinger Reed (800) 386-9183 

2023 - 2024 NFHS Schedule of Benefits

2. JOINING PBBUA - High School

PBBUA fee is $50 due by January 29, 2025.

LATE FEE:  $50 registration PLUS $25 late fee after January 29, 2025.

DEADLINE to JOIN FHSSA:  February 17, 2025.


NOTE:  YOU MUST JOIN FHSAA AND PBBUA to work High School Baseball.


Payment methods:  

Completed Application must be approved by the PBBUA board of directors and will not be accepted without payment of dues. 

1. Check - made out to PBBUA 

2. Cash


APPLICATION AND DUES MAY BE PAID AT ANY PBBUA GENERAL MEETING  OR MAILED TO PO BOX.


PBBUA

PO Box 16133

WPB, FL 33416

PBBUA Membership Application

3. Mandatory Rules Exam

2024-2025 Exam Dates for Baseball -  January 6 to February 17, 2025 


  • Taken Online - Arbiter-FHSAA, Officials Central Hub.  Click on TEST tab.   https://fhsaa.arbitersports.com/front/103524/Site 
  • Rules exams have no time limit.
  • 50 Questions.
  • No make-up exam offered.
  • Exams are created and written by the NFHS.
  • Officials can SAVE and EXIT the exam as many times as necessary.    Once the “submit exam” button is clicked your test will be graded and your one (1) attempt is completed.
  • Exams that are incomplete once the deadline passes will be graded as is.

4. Jessica Lundsford Act - Fingerprints and Background Check

Click on the attached info for procedures for the Jessica Lundsford Act - Fingerprinting and Background check (Effective August 1, 2022). This is required for all sports officials in Palm Beach County.

Cost for Fingerprinting is $87.42 every Five (5) years. Badges are good for Five (5) years.


FINGER  PRINTING is no longer done at the school board. You can pick up your badge there, but must work through the website. Very important, use the instructions provided below. 


Please note: The code for fingerprinting has changed (effective 112524), please review instructions shown below.



 If you need help, contact Yetta Greene - 561-963-3872


New Fingerprint Instruction Sheet 11252024 (pdf)

Download

5. Uniform - High School

Required Uniform listed in FHSAA Guidebook under 700 Dress Code.

https://www.fhsaa.org/rules/officials-guidebook

Uniform-Complete Info

6. W-9 For Tax Purposes

Members will be asked to fill out a W-9 in the beginning of

 2024-2025 Season.

Download W-9 Form

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  • What Makes a Good Umpire
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  • Uniforms & Equipment
  • Keeping a Line-up Card
  • PBBUA Board Info.
  • Forms

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