2012-2013/1.1 - Kentucky High School Speech League

KHSSL Handbook 71 2012-2013/1.1STATE DEBATE TOURNAMENTDuring the month of March, a two-day State Championship for high school students will be conductedwith competition four to seven Debate events. The administrative details and actual conduct of the StateChampionship are entrusted to a tournament manager who shall be either the Director or his/herappointed representative. The following rules and regulations apply to the State Championship:1. The dates and site of the State Championship will be set by the Director. He/she will forward thisand other general information to all registered schools at the first of the school year. The StateChampionship is open to all schools having registered in debate the previous fall. There are noqualifying tournaments at the regional level.2. Detailed instructions for the State Championship will be sent by the League office as tournamenttime nears. The tournament manager is solely responsible for setting the schedule for the StateChampionship (time of rounds, etc.), and will make such decisions as may be necessary whenweather threatens postponement of the tournament.3. A novice debater shall be defined as any student in his/her first year of debate. A varsity debatershall be defined as any student with at least one year's experience in debate. Competition in aState Championship shall be considered the equivalent of one year's experience.4. The State Tournament will offer the following divisions:Open Student CongressVarsity Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum, and Policy Debate,Novice Lincoln Douglas; andNovice Policy and Public Forum Debate when feasible and indicated by interest from themembership.The Director will announce by December 31 of each year which Novice divisions will be offered.5. Each member school is eligible for three entries in each Debate division, and up to ten in StudentCongress. An entry is one Lincoln Douglas debater or one Public Forum/Policy Debate Team;‘maverick’ entries are not allowed in the latter two. All debaters must be prepared to debate boththe affirmative and negative sides (pro or con for Public Forum) at the State Championship.Schools may enter up to ten students in Student Congress. Depending on the schedule, anindividual student may enter both Student Congress and one of Lincoln Douglas, Public Forum,and Policy Debate. The Director will announce by December 31 of each year whether suchdouble-entry is allowed.6. Registration for the State Championship Debate Tournament follows the procedures in the StateTournament Registration section. Entry fees for the State Championship are $10.00 per StudentCongress entry, $15.00 per Lincoln- Douglas entry and $30.00 per Policy or Public Forum entry.The Final Deadline for all debate events is 5 pm on the penultimate day before the start of the StateDebate tournament. Drop fees may be assessed as follows:a. Substitutions after the registration deadline but before the Final Deadline—free.b. Adds/Drops before the Final Deadline--$10.c. Drops after the final deadline but before on-site Registration—entry fee plus $10.