Recent Site News & Updates

2024-26 Music alignment will be posted in the spring

Any updates to 2024-26 music alignment will be announced mid to late March.

2024-2026 Reclassification & Realignment Now Available!

The 2024-2026 Reclassification & Realignment is now available!

Alignments for all events can be found here.

UIL Essay Competition Deadline

The deadline to enter the essay competitions is February 14th, so make sure to submit your essay here. One essay could qualify you as a UIL state finalist!

Managing Your District Meet: For CX Meet Directors

Spring 2024 LD Debate Topic

January – May 2024 UIL Lincoln Douglas Debate Spring Topic now posted.

Resolved: On balance, the use of artificial intelligence in art, music, and literature is undesirable.

New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence are changing everything around us, including in the creative arts. The question raised by the Spring 2024 UIL Lincoln-Douglas debate topic is whether these changes are good or bad. Critics see many negative results: replacing human creativity with cheap imitations lacking soul or any understanding of the human experience; putting creative artists out of work; and lack of accountability for algorithmically stealing from the body of work done by great artists, musicians, and writers. Many of these issues were at the heart of the recent writers’ strike in Hollywood. But there are also many defenders who see AI as a tool that can be used to enhance human creativity. Creative artists who are embracing AI find that it makes their work more productive in several ways: it can automate mundane functions, promote brainstorming and help push through “writer’s block,” and serve as a research assistant. Ironically, the use of AI in the creative arts may actually increase the value – both artistically and financially – of works preserving the human touch. The 2024 Spring UIL Lincoln-Douglas topic offers an opportunity for debaters to explore these timely issues.

Rich Edwards, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Baylor University 

Dancing at Lughnasa removed from the UIL Approved Play Lists

DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Friel has been removed from the list of UIL Approved Long Plays.

The agent has denied any cutting for this title. Schools can contact Dramatists Play Service with any questions.

CX Speechwire Registration

Registration for CX in Speechwire is now open. 

State Congressional Legislation

Legislation for all conferences is now posted.

A+ District Meet Materials

Print Materials: If you are receiving print materials and are hosting in the first few days of December, your materials are being shipped to arrive before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Digital Materias: If you are receiving digital files and are hosting in December, you will receive those files on Monday morning.

Baseball Communication Device Approved

The use of a one-way communication device between a coach in the dugout and a team’s catcher for the purposes of calling pitches will be permitted in UIL high school baseball beginning this upcoming baseball season.  This change to Rules 1-6-2 and 3-2-5 was approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Baseball Rules Committee.

2023-24 baseball rule changes can be found at, https://www.nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/baseball-rules-changes-2024/