National Federation of State High School Associations
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), of which the NCHSAA is a mem
ber, had its beginnings in 1920 and now consists of the 50 individual state high school athletic and activities
associations and the association of the District of Columbia. Also affiliated are eight interscholastic organi
zations from Canadian provinces.
The activities of the NFHS are based on the belief that strong state and national high school athletic
organizations are necessary to protect the activity and athletic interests of the high schools, to promote
an ever increasing growth of a type of interscholastic athletics which is educational in both objective and
method and which can be justified as an integral part of the high school curriculum, and to protect high
school students from exploitation for purposes having no educational implications.
The NFHS is both a service and regulatory organization and offers a number of services. The NFHS
is involved in rules-writing activity, developing playing rules in various high school sports to the point that
the circulation of NFHS rules publications now exceeds three million. In addition, the NFHS provides aids
for rules-training programs for officials, maintains national interscholastic records and publishes a record
book, supervises the National High School Sports Hall of Fame, and has initiated a chemical health program,
among its many services.
NFHS offices are located in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 690, Indianapolis,
IN 46206, and the phone number is (317) 972-6900.
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