Attendance

Checking in to Your Event

Competitors must check in to their event at their designated check-in time. Competitors that arrive ten (10) minutes after their designated check-in time will be marked as no-shows and not be allowed to compete out of respect for the time commitment made by our judges and volunteers.

Substitution Policy

TPSA has enacted an emergency substitution policy to accommodate emergency situations for students on team events needing to be swapped out before the competition.

• Substitutions may only occur for emergencies up to five days before the competition. After the 5-day deadline has passed, substitutions can not be made, and the competitor must forfeit the event (teams may still be able to compete, see the Drop Policy).
• Substitutes must be active paid members of TPSA.
• Substitutions must be approved by the Executive Council
• Substitutions must be emergencies, grades are not a valid emergency.
• Substitutions can not be made for individual events. The chapter will forfeit the opportunity to compete in the event.

Drop Policy (Felony Traffic Stop, Facility Design, Job Exhibit, Parliamentary Procedure)

This policy is currently being tested with the Felony Traffic Stop, Facility Design, Job Exhibit, and Parliamentary Procedure competitive events, and this policy only applies to these events.

• Only team members registered for the event can compete at competition, unless they are following emergency substitution policy.
• These events allow for a variable number of competitors.
• At competition, chapters can not compete with more people than they registered or less than the required minimum number of team members.
• Chapters CAN compete with less than their registered competitors as long as it is above the minimum.

Drop Policy (All Other Events)

• Any team of 3 or more students may compete with one less than the required number of team members; however, no more than a one-member deficit is allowed.
• Teams composed of 2 or fewer members will forfeit the opportunity to compete in a particular event if a member is removed for any reason other than an emergency substitution.
• No team can compete with a deficit greater than 1 regardless of the reason.

State Conference

• No more than 50% of any team may be substituted for a State Competition.
• The substitutes must have attended and have competed at a regional competition, not in the same event.
• Only emergency substitution requests will be considered after the close of registration.