Novice Policy Packet

Novice Packet Files can be found in this google folder: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QJl29Hm3Ht3HTllxvHGSBwSyX9ck8iej?usp=sharing

The Novice Packet will be published here when it is completed and approved by the Executive Committee.

Additionally, the WDCA has adopted the following rule for all novice policy debates: (The complete standing rules are available elsewhere on this website.

(1) Plan texts in the novice division are restricted to those in the official packet. Until a date determined by the Executive Committee, the counterplan and kritik may not be run. Negative teams may use only one counterplan and kritik in a round, even when multiple counterplans or kritiks are contained in the novice packet. Negative teams may not alter the text of the counterplan, the concept being kritiked, nor the alternative of the kritik. The penalty for reading two counterplans or two kritiks in the same debate round is a loss per (2) below.

(2) In the event that a negative counterplan text or kritik is presented from outside the novice packet, the judge should not consider that argument in their decision, regardless of whether the issue is raised in the debate. If the affirmative team presents a plan text that is not found in the novice evidence packet they should receive a loss. It is not required for the opposing team to make this claim to the judge. Judges must notify the WSDT Tournament Director who will enter the appropriate result into the computer system. The WSDT Tournament Director or Novice Packet committee chair will notify all involved coaches.

(3) Tournament directors at sanctioned tournaments should enforce these novice evidence packet restrictions.

(4) Until a date determined by the Executive Committee, novice teams are limited to arguments found in the packet. Teams are permitted to use different evidence provided the evidence contains the same warrants as the original evidence.