Virginia District Qualifier

for the 2018 National Tournament

Congress

Congress

Congress will take place at LFCC (Lord Fairfax Community College), Middletown campus. There is a Subway on campus, so students will not have to leave campus to get lunch. 

Congress Legislation: Each school may submit up to three pieces of legislation (one economic, one domestic, and one international) for consideration. The legislation should be signed as being submitted by the school, not by an individual student. Please follow the formatting guidelines in the NSDA district tournament manual (available at nationalspeechanddebate.org). 

Email all legislation to archpainter@earthlink.net by March 9, 2018. Coaches, please proofread the legislation and make sure it makes sense. The chair reserves the right to reject any legislation that is improperly formatted or is incoherently phrased. Once potential legislation has been received, it will be perused and 10-15 items will be selected for the docket. The docket will be pre-set for the tournament. Students may amend the docket once the first three pieces of legislation have been debated. Handling the docket in this manner allows all competitors to prepare speeches on at least one piece of legislation and be assured the assembly will actually get to debate that legislation.