MSHSL Congress Section Tournament
2018 — Eagan, MN, MN/US
Welcome to the Section 3AA, 4AA, 5AA and 6AA Registration page for 2018 Congressional Debate Tournament to be held November 30th and December 1st at Eagan High School
Registration: Schools may register up to two (2) entries for the Section Tournament. STUDENTS MAY NOT DOUBLE ENTER in Congress and other debate events. So if a student competes in the Congress Section Tournament by MAY NOT participate in the LD, PF or Policy Section Tournament in January.
Please remember there is NO ALTERNATE process for individual events. Please ensure students who are competing are available to debate on January 18th and 19th.
Schedule: The following schedule will be used:
Friday - November 30th 2018
Session 1 - 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Dinner Break - 5:30 to 6:15 PM
Session 2 - 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Saturday - December 1st 2018
Session 3 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Lunch Break 11:00 to 11:45 AM
Session 4 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Legislation: Schools can submit up to two pieces of legislation to dj@brynteson.info for the tournament. Legislation must be submitted by November 8th at 9:00 PM. Schools will then have from Nov 9th to 15th to vote for their top 8 pieces of legislation. Two packets of legislation will be produced (Friday Packet & Saturday Packet) in the order to be debated based on preference of voting. This is a set docket tournament.
Friday:
Bill #13: US Troops in South Korea
Bill #12: Nuclear Energy
Bill #5: Puerto Statehood
Bill #22: Plastics
Bill #18: Internet Data
Bill #16: Term Limits
Bill #8: Historical Monuments
Bill #20: Military Aid
Bill #11: Facial Recoginition
Bill #21: Job Training
Bill #17: Daylight Savings
Bill #7: Tax Benefits
Saturday
Bill #15: Fund Palestine
Bill #6: Plea Bargaining
Bill #3: Keep Families Together
Bill #14: Military Aid to Israel
Bill #9: Tax Holiday
Bill #10: Adoption Bill
Bill #19: Ban Coal
Bill #1: Exact Match
Bill #4: Mental Health
Bill #23: Tobacco
Bill #2: LGBT
Rules: For the official rules and processes please see the MSHSL Website - https://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/publications/code/finepolicy/Debate.pdf
Judges: The following judges will be used for the Section Tournament: Cal Vandehoef, Nancy Schneider, Amy French, Elizabeth Grayden, Steve Estenson, John Fisher, Chuck Cravens, Kathy Martin, Kim Jeral & Mike Wartman