<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif">Below is the text sent to me from Angela Hays at the National Federation of High Schools:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">"The attached national high school debate topic ballot and descriptive paragraphs are sent at this time to promote extensive discussion by coaches and students over the next six weeks. Invitational tournaments and state-sponsored workshops can facilitate this discussion process.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Please conduct the voting on the five topics and <b>submit your state/organization vote by October 21, 2011. Please also include the total number of schools/coaches that voted.</b> A second ballot will be sent to you on October 28. It will contain the two final topics. After several weeks of discussion time, states should conduct final voting in time to submit the state vote to the NFHS by January 6, 2012. The debate topic will be announced on January 10, 2012."</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="georgia, serif"><b>Below are the general areas- for more description and analysis, please open the attachment to the email.  Get together with your colleagues over the course of the next six weeks or so and make sure your thoughts on the matter are known. I will send follow-up emails as the deadline nears.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="georgia, serif"><b>Mario Herrera</b></font></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
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</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">SYNOPSIS OF THE
PROBLEM AREAS FOR 2012-2013</span></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial">PROBLEM AREA I: CIVIL RIGHTS</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Resolved: The United States
federal government should amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
substantially increasing its protections against race and/or gender discrimination.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:center;line-height:200%">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial">PROBLEM AREA II:
INFRASTRUCTURE</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Resolved: The United States federal government should
substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">United States</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>

</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:.25in;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial">PROBLEM AREA III:
IMMIGRATION </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Resolved: The United States federal government should
substantially increase its legal protection of economic migrants in the </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">United States.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>

</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.25in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">PROBLEM AREA IV: <span>ENTITLEMENT <span style="text-transform:uppercase">Reform</span></span></span></b></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Resolved: The United States
federal government should substantially limit the growth of its Medicare and/or
Social Security spending.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><span>  </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>

</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">PROBLEM AREA V: HIGHER
EDUCATION</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial">Resolv<a name="131f897a8d42d02a__GoBack"></a>ed: The United States
federal government should establish an education policy substantially
increasing its support for postsecondary education in the </span><span style="font-family:Arial">United States.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>

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