The following proposals were passed unanimously(9-0) by the NDCA Board on June 26, 2014.
Proposal 14.06.08.06 - Definition of "School" - Policy
I move that the NDCA National Championships tournament procedures be amended as follows: Remove these sentences under Tournament Qualification in the policy debate tournament procedures: Policy debate competition is considered a team activity. A team is comprised of two individuals from the same degree granting institution. and replace it with: Policy debate competition is considered a team activity. Both students on a participating team must attend the same school, represent that school and be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities for that school Even if the school district allows some students to compete with other schools within the district the NDCA will not allow those entries. If the tournament director determines that a given entry does not represent a school that entry(ies) may only file an appeal to the board if they registered for the tournament prior to March 15th. Coaches acknowledge that by entering the tournament that their teams are in compliance with the tournament rules. It is the obligation of the coach to file an appeal prior to March 15th if there is a situation that stretches the limits of one of the rules, such as the definition of the word “school”. Also, I move that the NDCA National Championships tournament procedures be amended as follows: Remove these sentences under Tournament Qualification in the policy debate tournament procedures: Policy debate competition is considered a team activity. A team is comprised of two individuals from the same degree granting institution, and replace it with: Policy debate competition is considered a team activity. Both students on a participating team must attend the same school, represent that school and be eligible to participate in extracurricular activities for that school. Even if the school district allows some students to compete with other schools within the district the NDCA will not allow those entries. If the tournament director determines that a given entry does not represent a school that entry(ies) may only file an appeal to the board if they registered for the tournament prior to March 15th. Coaches acknowledge that by entering the tournament that their teams are in compliance with the tournament rules. It is the obligation of the coach to file an appeal prior to March 15th if there is a situation that stretches the limits of one of the rules, such as the definition of the word “school”.
Proposal 14.06.08.08 - Financial Assistance for Tournament
I move that all of the NDCA National Championships tournament procedures be amended as follows: Add a section entitled “Financial Assistance” worded as follows: Any student who finishes in the top 100 of the Dukes and Bailey or Baker rankings may submit an application to have their entry fees waived (Appendix E). This would not be a waiver of drop or judge fees.
Proposal 14.06.08.09 - Card Clipping Amendment
Proposed wording: I move that all of the NDCA National Championships tournament procedures be amended as follows: Add to the “Clipping” section: Tournament participants will be required to submit a parental permission form (Appendix D) allowing students to be audio taped to ensure that clipping is not occurring. Participants who are recorded may require that the recording be deleted after the judge has rendered a decision and clipping was not raised as an issue.