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Gloria Willis Middle School is located at 1735 N 64 Terrace, Kansas City, KS 66102

Policy Debate Evidence Rules:

Open Division and Novice Division -Students are restricted to the evidence packet. Any student(s) reading evidence outside of the provided packet will be subject to reduction of speaker points and/or forfeiture of the round.

Congressional Agenda:

Session I Local Policing, Supreme Court Reform, Wealth Tax

Session II National Health Insurance, Electric Grid Modernization, School Vouchers Ban

Congress Judges - Do NOT enter your ballot after Session I. Session II is part of the same round and will all be on a single ballot.

Debate-KC has agreed to prohibit motions to suspend the docket in order to debate session 1 bills in session 2 or vice-versa. Please tell your students not to try. We will also be informing the judges to not allow such motions.

Senate Note:

Entries into the Senate are restricted to students who have place in the Top 3 in Open Congress at a previous DKC tournament. No student is required to enter the Senate.

Students entered in the Senate are allowed to submit legislation to be considered for the docket no less than 2 weeks in advance of the tournament.

Novice Sections:

Novice students are those competing in their first year. Any student not in their first year found to be entered in a novice division prior to the start of the tournament will be moved into the open division. Any such student found entered in novice after the start of the tournament will be ineligible for individual and team awards.