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Not a replacement for Policy Debate.
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A bit of a middle ground between
forensics and debate.
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Competitive simulation of a legislative
assembly
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3-4 weeks prior to the tournament:
Teams write bills relating to any relevant
world issue.
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Teams write bills according to specific
format that includes funding and
enforcement. They must be able to
provide a logical, realistic solution.
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Students who have an interest in current
events
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Impromptu students.
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Students who don’t have the time
necessary to commit to policy debate, but
they want to be involved in some kind of
debate.
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Students who like to think, talk, and listen.
Usually sometime in May, there is a large
tournament held in Mackinaw island. If
your school allows, you are allowed to
stay in the Grand Hotel.
 The Grand Hotel is a five star hotel.
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Coach emails bills to the tournament
director who compiles them and
distributes copies of ALL the bills to all the
schools.
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Teams have two weeks to research all of
the bills.
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Students are divided into legislative
assemblies of 15-20 students each.
A presiding officer or P.O. is chosen.
The presiding officer recognizes a
speaker. Once a bill is on the table, the
debate begins!
 During the round, students function as a
legislative assembly and debate as
many bills as possible.
 After two rounds, the top speakers from
each assembly move on to one Super
Session or final round.
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Students are scored a 1-6 in all
categories.
 Scores from both judges from both
rounds are tabulated to come up with
the top speakers in both rounds who
advance to the Super Session.
 The top scoring speakers in the Super
Session are awarded trophies.
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