Welcome to Katy ISD Novice Night #5! This tournament will be hosted at Seven Lakes High School on Wednesday, January 31.

This tournament is only open to schools in Katy Independent School District. Any other entries will be deleted.Note that this Novice Night has a new schedule, having only two rounds of debate and no dinner portion.

Topics:

PF and LD will use the March 2024 NSDA topics (same as TFA State). No novice topics will be used.

PF: Resolved: In the United States, collegiate student-athletes should be classified as employees of their educational institution.

LD: Resolved: The primary objective of the United States criminal justice system ought to be rehabilitation.

WSD:

R1: This House regrets the narrative that secondary college preparatory programs are essential for success.

R2: This House regrets the narrative that secondary college preparatory programs are essential for success. (Sides flipped)

Congress:

Congressional Debate will be limited to the following bills from the Spring 2024 TFA Docket, that shall be debated in this order: 3, 18, 15, 1, 5. Individual chambers are welcome to table legislation if they wish to skip it or come back to it later. All bills must have at least 1 speech in affirmation and negation before the previous question may be moved.

Extemp:

R1) TBD

R2) TBD

Schedule (REVISED! PLEASE READ!):

3:15-4:00 - Arrive, Check in, get situated

3:30 pm - Round 1 Extemp Prep Start. We will have SLHS students draw first and hold draw up until 4:15 for other schools.

4:00 pm - Round 1 PF, LD, CX, WSD, Speech, Congress session begins

5:00 pm - Round 2 Extemp Prep Start

5:30 pm - Round 2 PF, LD, CX, WSD, Speech

6:45 pm - Hard stop Congress