Event Substitution Policy

If one member of a team decision making cannot attend the next level of competition, no one may be substituted in his or her place. If the event requires a minimum number of team members (i.e. TDM Events), the original team will not advance to the next level of competition. The advisor of the canceling team will need to call to notify the next team that they will be able to advance to the next level of competition.

For Chapter Written Events, only one of the team members may be substituted between levels of competition and the team size may not increase from the original number registered. For example, if a Community Service Project was entered with John and Mary as the participants, and qualified at the State Conference to advance to the International Level, no additional participants may be added. If either Mary or John couldn’t attend the ICDC, then the other could compete alone, or one of them may be substituted, but one of the original members has to participate. The team size cannot increase to three participants.

For All Written Events, the names on the submitted written projects must be the same as those on the conference registration form. If the names are different, and do not follow the substitution rules, the entry will be disqualified.

Chapter Advisors have volunteered to double check each state conference registration to be sure that chapters are following the substitution policy and that the correct qualifiers from the district conference are advancing on to the state conference.

Chapter Advisors are responsible to fully explain to their students that they will not be able to compete if one of them is unable, for any reason, to attend the next level of competition.