Brooklyn Middle School 128

2017 — NY/US

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Congress

Event Description:

Student Congress:

Students will participate in a chamber led by a high school student as presiding officer in which speakers are called upon to present 2-minute speeches in affirmation and negation of the legislation.  There will be a mandatory one-minute questioning period following the authorship speech and the first negative; after every other speech, there will be a mandatory 30-second questioning period. Students are encouraged but not required to submit legislation to compete; if they choose to, they may do so by uploading bills to this doc before the tournament. Students are allowed to use internet during the chamber.