RULES
ELIGIBILITY: High school members of DECA chapters in North America 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 TM files 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. Prior H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge scholarship winners are not eligible to compete.
TEAM MEMBERSHIP: Teams must consist of one to three 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 e-mail 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. Team names must generally adhere to DECA's code of ethics. Team names deemed inappropriate according to National DECA will be renamed with 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 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.
DRESS CODE: If students qualify and decide to compete at the ICDC, they must wear DECA blazers during competition.
QUALIFIER RULES: A maximum of one team, per chapter, per Round of Competition is eligible to qualify for the ICDC. Teams that qualify for nationals during Round One may participate, but will not be ranked in Round Two. No prior H&R Block Dollars & Sense scholarship winner may qualify for nationals.
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 during the Challenge rounds.
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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*Previous H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge scholarship winners are not eligible to participate within this event.