Topics

Topics

Congressional Debate

Docket:
Prelims: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10
Finals: 14, 20, 21, 26, 30

Presiding Officer: Students will be permitted to run for Presiding Officer (PO) in Congressional Debate.

World Schools Debate

Round 1:
This House welcomes climate pessimism. Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented and we should make decisions based on this fact.

Round 2:
This House welcomes climate pessimism. Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented and we should make decisions based on this fact.

Round 3:
Impromptu

Semifinals (if necessary):
This House believes democratic elections are better served by public financing than by privately funded campaigns. Info Slide: A publicly financed election is one in which candidates’ campaigns are funded by the state through public funds, such as tax revenues, rather than through private donations, corporate contributions, or candidates’ personal wealth.

Finals:
Impromptu

Public Forum

2026 NSDA September/October Topic Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

Lincoln-Douglas

2026 NSDA September/October Topic Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

CX / Policy Debate

Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.