SPEECH, DEBATE, AND DRAMA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Held May 4, 2010
1.
Recommend
that late fees for additional district speech, debate, and theatre entries
submitted by a school that entered by the published deadline shall not be
assessed if such additional entries are received seven or more days prior to
the start of the district tournament.
2.
Recommend that a school be fined $100 for a drop or withdraw from the State
Speech, Debate, and Theatre tournament.
3.
Recommend that non-internet
connected computers be allowed in Cross-Examination Debate for a one-year trial
basis, as per NFL rules, during the 2010-11 school year, including at the
District and State Tournaments.
Invitational tournament hosts may choose to prohibit the use of such
computers.
4.
Recommend that the final speeches in Public Forum Debate be extended
from 1 minute to 2 minutes beginning with the 2010-11 school year.
5.
Recommend that quality points be added to the Public Forum Debate
ballot, similar to the Lincoln-Douglas ballot.
6.
Recommend that the statement “Attire which identifies characters or
differentiates performers is not allowed and will be considered costuming.” be
added to 6-E-10 in the Speech, Debate, and Theatre Manual.
7.
Recommend that the sentence “Programs shall not be permitted to be
distributed in One-Act Play or Readers Theatre at the district or State
Tournaments,” be moved from 6-D-6 to 6-D-7 in the Speech, Debate, and Theatre
Manual.
8.
Recommend that the sentence “; title(s) and author(s) of all selections
must be identified.” be added to 6-F-1(b), 6-G-1(e), 6-H-1(b), 6-I-1(b),
6-J-1(b), and 6-K-1(d) in the Speech, Debate, and Theatre Manual.
*9.
Recommend that the number of tournaments that a seventh or eighth grade
student can attend be increased from five to seven.
10.
Recommend that the sentence “A student may not
participate in both the Readers Theatre and One-Act Play events.” be changed to
“A student may not perform in both the Readers Theatre and One Act Play.” in
6-D-2 and 6-E-2 of the Speech, Debate, and Theatre Manual.
* Denied
** Tabled for further study
*** Approved as amended
**** No Action
All others approved