RULES
ELIGIBILITY: Only high school members of DECA are eligible to participate. All participants must have current dues on file at DECA prior to the submission of any H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge file to Knowledge Matters. A DECA chapter may have as many teams as it can support according to the team membership rules. All membership questions will be handled by DECA.
TEAM MEMBERSHIP: Teams must consist of 1-3 DECA members. All rankings and prizes are based on the team and not the individual. A team member cannot be on more than one team at a time. No additional team members may be added once a team has registered. If a team member drops off a team or a team is to be dissolved, an email from the team’s DECA advisor acknowledging the removal must be sent to VBCCentral@KnowledgeMatters.com stating the team code and the team member(s) to be removed. An acknowledgment from Knowledge Matters confirming the team member update will be sent back to the DECA advisor. If this acknowledgment is not received, it will be the responsibility of the team to resubmit the request via the advisor of the team. Once the acknowledgment is received, the individual is free to register a new team. All maintenance and compliance monitoring of the teams will be the responsibility of the team's DECA Advisor. A DECA chapter may have as many teams as it can support according to the team membership rules. Team names must generally adhere to DECA's code of ethics. Team names deemed inappropriate according to National DECA will have their team name changed to the name of their local chapter without notice. National DECA will have the ultimate authority to resolve team membership & name disputes.
FILE SHARING: Absolutely no H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge file may be shared among competitors. Files submitted must be a team’s own work. Any team that is found sharing a file will be removed from the rankings.
FILE SUBMISSION: To protect the integrity of this competition, students will be asked to submit the Challenge files they uploaded to be scored. Students must save a copy of the file that contains their highest score in case this request is made. Sending up an illegitimate score using either the standard upload method or the alternate upload method without having the file to back it up is considered a violation of the competition rules and may result in disciplinary action.
DRESS CODE: If students qualify and decide to compete at the ICDC, they must wear their DECA blazers during their competition sessions.
QUALIFIER RULES: A maximum of one team, per chapter, per Challenge is eligible to qualify for the ICDC. Teams that qualify for nationals during Challenge one may participate, but will not be ranked in Challenge two.
SCORES: A team’s actual numeric score will not be posted on the ranking’s page. Bars symbolizing a team’s score will be posted instead. Numeric amounts will not be released upon request during the Challenge periods.
In the event of a tie, the team with the earliest file submission will rank higher, so it is important to get your files ranked early in the Challenge.
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