Southern California Debate League

STATE QUALIFYING

Policy, LD, PF, Parli, Congress

Location: La Canada HS in La Canada, CA

This tournament is open to member schools of the Southern California Debate League for all students in grades 9-12.

Students who qualify in the SPEECH Qualifying Tournament the week prior will be required to drop their SPEECH entry if they qualify for State at this DEBATE qualifier.

5. Reminder to all schools that in order to participate in STATE QUALS Speech or Debate, schools must participate in either Spring Varsity Speech or Spring Varsity Debate at a ratio of 1:4. (for every entry at SV or SD, schools get 4 entries at SQS or SQD)

COACH REQUIREMENT:

IF You, the coach of record, are NOT going to be attending the tournament, you must send either an employee representing your school and have them check in your team at the beginning of the tournament.

IF You, the coach of record, are sending a volunteer and/or parent to care for your team. You MUST have a letter from your school, signed by your principal indicating the person you are sending is the official "chaperone" of your team for the day. The letter must be turned in to the tournament director prior to the beginning of the tournament. Failure to do so may result in your student not being allowed to compete.

WHOMEVER you put in charge of your team should have the student emergency medical forms / permission slips / parent contact forms for your team. Protect your students, yourself and your "representative."

When: Saturday, March 1 and possibly Sunday, March 2, if Saturday goes too long

State Qualifying Events:Policy, LD, Parli, PF, Congress (Congress is Saturday only)

Deadline:Entries are due to the Tabroom.com website by no later than 5pm on Friday, February 24. Entries can be changed on the site until 5pm on Tuesday, Feb 27

Debate Topics: Exact wording @https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

Public Forum: March 2025 NSDA Topic

LD: March/April NSDA Topic

Policy: 2024-25 NSDA Topic

Parli: will be posted 20 minutes before each round

Judges:

Saturday and Sunday: Each school will need to provide one judge for every 2 debate entries and 1 judge for every 4 congress entries (not including the coach). If a school has MORE than 5 debate entries, they need to bring 1 additional judge.

Fees:

$12 per CONGRESS/LD entry

$24 per PARLI/PUBLIC FORUM/POLICY

these will be billed after this tournament

Eligibility:In order to be eligible for competition schools must have:

1. Paid outstanding fees

2. Paid their $50 league dues (first year programs exempt)

3. Paid their CHSSA dues

4. Competed at SCDL Spring Varsity, or in the SCDL Varsity division at Spring Debate

Are you a COACH with questions?

Please contact
Ashley Novak, S.C.D.L. President

e-mail: scdlpresident@gmail.com