UIL District Qualifier

for the 2023 National Tournament

Qualification Guidelines

In Congressional Debate, provided that we have six schools and 10 entries, we will qualify two Senate entries to nationals. In the house, we need a minimum of 16 students to qualify students to nationals. With 16-29 students, two students qualify. With 30-58 students, four students qualify. With 59-87, six students qualify.

For everything else, we are a Level Two district. This means, per the handbook...

National Qualification: Level 2
A district meeting the minimum district standard in the previous school year is allowed two entries to the National
Tournament per speech and debate event, as long the event meets the four-entry minimum:

Maintain 12 or more charter chapters with paid membership in the previous school year.
Maintain 20 or more chapters of any type with paid membership in the previous school year.
200 new individual student memberships as a district in the previous school year.
700 or more new degrees from schools with paid membership during the previous school year.

If the district qualifies for Level 2 under one of the above criteria, that district may:

Earn a third qualifier in any event with 30 entries.
Earn a fourth qualifier in any event with 50 entries.