Subchapter L

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Subchapter L. CONTESTS

Section 380: LEAGUE CONTESTS AND PILOT PROGRAMS

The UIL shall conduct:

(a) ANNUAL CONTESTS, as follows:

(1) Accounting
(2) Art
(3) Band, Concert Performance
(4) Band, Sight-Reading Evaluation
(5) Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition
(6) Baseball
(7) Basketball, Boys
(8) Basketball, Girls
(9) Calculator Applications
(10) Chess Puzzle
(11) Choir, Concert Performance
(12) Choir, Sight-Reading Evaluation
(13) Computer Science
(14) Congress
(15) Copy Editing
(16) Creative Writing
(17) Cross Country, Boys
(18) Cross Country, Girls
(19) Current Issues and Events
(20) Debate, Cross-Examination
(21) Debate, Lincoln-Douglas
(22) Dictionary Skills
(23) Editorial Writing
(24) Extemporaneous Informative Speaking
(25) Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking
(26) Feature Writing
(27) Film
(28) Football
(29) Football, Six-Man
(30) Golf, Boys
(31) Golf, Girls
(32) Headline Writing
(33) Impromptu Speaking
(34) Latino History Essay Competition
(35) Listening
(36) Literary Criticism
(37) Maps, Graphs and Charts
(38) Marching Band
(39) Mariachi Festival
(40) Mathematics
(41) Modern Oratory
(42) Music, Medium Ensemble Performance
(43) Music Memory (A+)
(44) Music, Solo-Small Ensemble Performance
(45) Music Theory
(46) News Writing
(47) Number Sense
(48) One-Act Play
(49) Oral Reading
(50) Orchestra, Concert Performance
(51) Orchestra, Sight-Reading Evaluation
(52) Poetry Interpretation
(53) Prose Interpretation
(54) Ready Writing
(55) Robotics
(56) Science
(57) Social Studies
(58) Soccer, Boys
(59) Soccer, Girls
(60) Softball, Girls
(61) Spelling
(62) Spelling and Vocabulary
(63) Spirit
(64) Storytelling
(65) Swimming, Boys
(66) Swimming, Girls
(67) Team Tennis
(68) Tennis Singles and Doubles, Boys
(69) Tennis Singles and Doubles, Girls
(70) Tennis, Mixed Doubles
(71) Theatrical Design Contest
(72) Track and Field, Boys
(73) Track and Field, Girls
(74) Volleyball, Girls
(75) Wrestling, Boys
(76) Wrestling, Girls

(b) PILOT PROGRAM CONTESTS AS PROVIDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The UIL administration is authorized to design, organize, and implement contests and contest rules among member schools on a pilot program basis upon the recommendation of the Executive Director of the UIL and the approval of the Legislative Council. A pilot program shall exist for the time period specified by the Legislative Council.

Section 381: OFFICIAL CALENDAR PUBLISHED

Before June 1 the Executive Director shall announce the official calendar for UIL contests for the coming year.

Section 382: RESCHEDULING CONTESTS

If it appears not to be feasible to hold a contest at the scheduled place or time because of weather, facilities or other cause, the Executive Director shall determine where, when, or if the contest will be held.

Section 383:  NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEARS.

(a) Non-Traditional School Year. Refer to Section 5 for definitions of traditional school year, summer vacation, non-traditional school year and intersession.

(b) Rules Applicable During School and Intersessions.

(1) All rules found in the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules that apply to school district personnel, students, individuals, teams and/or schools during the traditional school year also apply to the non-traditional school year during the time school is in session and during intersessions.

(2) During intersessions schools shall schedule no more than one contest or performance per activity per student per school week.

(3) During intersessions schools shall limit practice for UIL music activities to a maximum of eight hours per school week per activity, in addition to a maximum of sixty minutes per day, (or 300 minutes per week on a block schedule), Monday through the end of the school day on Friday.

(c) Rules Applicable Specifically During Summer Vacation Months. Activities that are allowed only during summer vacation are not allowed during intersessions unless the intersession falls within the summer months.