Southern Minnesota District Tournament
2021 — MN/US
Southern Minnesota District Qualifier
for the 2022 National Tournament
Congress
Robbinsdale Cooper
Plymouth, MN
Fri 11/19
Sat 11/20
HSE
SEN
Debate
Lakeville North
Lakeville, MN
Fri 1/21
Sat 1/22
LD
CX
PF
IE
Woodbury
Eagan, MN
Fri 3/11
Sat 3/12
DI
DUO
HI
INF
IX
OO
POI
USX
Big Question
Eagan High School
Eagan, MN
Wed 2/9
Thu 2/10
BQ
Congress Schedule - Information
Southern MN NSDA 2021 District Congressional Debate
Friday and Saturday, November 19-20, 2021 @ Robbinsdale Cooper High School
Legislation
Can be found at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19lyaiJ-osvFciiRCZalkx__1jmS0_KEd?usp=sharing
House Finals:
- A Bill to Ban Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
- A Bill to Increase the Federal Minimum Wage to Benefit American Workers
- A Bill to School America
- A Resolution to Decriminalize Personal Drug Use
Semi-Finals:
- A Bill to Expand IDEA
- Bill to Repeal Section 230
- The Plea Bargaining & Justice Act
- A Bill to Lower the President Age Qualification
Schedule
The House will feature two preliminary sessions of competition with a break to semifinals.
If there are sixteen or more entries in the Senate, there will be two preliminary sessions of competition with a break to finals. If there are fifteen or fewer entries, there will be three preliminary rounds of competition, with qualifiers chosen from cumulative ranks from all sessions.
Each chamber (both preliminary and elimination rounds) will have 8-15 competitors in accordance with NSDA rules. We will attempt to maximize the number of participants advancing to elimination rounds in all events.
Each preliminary and semifinal session will have two scorers and a parliamentarian (who will also rank contestants). Finals of both the House and the Senate (if applicable) will have four scorers and a parliamentarian (who will also rank contestants).
Friday, November 19, 2021
4:45 p.m. Registration/Check-In
5:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Preliminary Session I
5:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Preliminary Session I
Saturday, November 20, 2021
8:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Preliminary Session II
12:15 p.m. House Semifinals OR Finals Posting / Senate Finals Posting (if applicable)
12:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Semifinal OR Final Session (House) / Finals OR Preliminary Session III (Senate)
3:45 p.m. House Finals Posting
4:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Finals Session (House--if applicable)
8:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Preliminary Session II
12:15 p.m. House Semifinals OR Finals Posting / Senate Finals Posting (if applicable)
12:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Semifinal OR Final Session (House) / Finals OR Preliminary Session III (Senate)
3:45 p.m. House Finals Posting
4:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Finals Session (House--if applicable)
Awards ASAP after both events are concluded.
**If numbers do not warrant a semifinal chamber in the House, Finals will be held in the afternoon timeslot.