Policy Debate will be in-person for all competitors, but judges may participate online.

 

A debate with an in-person judge will operate just like a regular in-person debate.

A debate with an online judge will have all four competitors in the same room, but the students will sign into NSDA Campus so they can see their judge.

 

We will have adult monitors circulating to supervise classrooms where the judge is online.

 

Schools must still of course have an appropriate number of adult chaperones on site throughout the tournament.

 

We hope you still bring as many judges in person as possible, but our goal is that this change means that you can bring all students who are interested in competing without being panicked about finding judges who can make it to Carrollton on site.