[GFCA] proposal- Donnenfeld

[Maggie Berthiaume]

For reference, these are the current rules that apply to middle schoolers:

1.18     Students in grade nine (9) and higher may participate on both the
varsity and sub-varsity teams in forensics activities.

(a)       A student is no longer eligible for competition in any
first-year/novice division once they have competed in any event in the
previous school year.

1.19     Eighth (8th) grade students may participate on a sub-varsity team
of a high school provided they attend a feeder school of that high school.

(a)       Students in grade eight (8) are never eligible for a varsity
event in any activity.

(b)       Students in grade eight (8) who compete on a team must meet all
middle school requirements as put forth by the student’s school, District
and/or the bylaws set forth by the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association.

(c)       Students in grade eight (8) who are declared ineligible at a
middle school or retained for academic reasons is are considered ineligible
for participation on a sub-varsity high school team.

(d)       Participation in rookie, novice (first year) or junior varsity
(second year) tournaments in grade eight (8) does not use a semester of
eligibility provided all other requirements are met.

(e)       Students below the eighth (8th) grade are not eligible to
participate on any high school team.

(f)        Students in grade eight (8) may participate in the open division
of a tournament event.




On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 10:10 AM Maggie Berthiaume <maggiekb at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How's this:
>
> In order to be eligible to judge Policy Debate at the Varsity State
> Tournament, individuals must have judged at least eight (8) rounds at the
> high school level in Policy Debate since June of the year before the state
> tournament.
>
> In order to be eligible to judge Public Forum or Lincoln-Douglas Debate at
> the Varsity State Tournament, individuals must have judged at least (8)
> rounds at the high school level in that debate event in the two years
> before the state tournament.
>
> Any debate judge not meeting these qualifications does not count toward a
> school's judging obligation and will be treated as a free strike. When
> entering debate judges for the Varsity State Tournament, coaches must list
> judge qualifications or the judge will not count toward a school's judging
> obligation and be treated as a free strike.
>
>
>
>
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