NYCUDL MS Parli Topics

September/October 2019
● This House would require metal detectors in schools.
● This House would require equal pay for male and female athletes.
● This House supports religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccines.

November 2019
● This House believes it is unethical to eat meat.
● This House believes a government should have the right to spy on its own citizens.
● This House would require metal detectors in schools.

December 2019
● This House believes all public colleges and universities should be free.
● This House would pay reparations to African Americans.
● This House believes a government should have the right to spy on its own citizens.

January 2020
● This House would ban the private ownership of guns.
● This House believes parents should have the right to use corporal punishment in the home.
● This House believes all public colleges and universities should be free.

Current Topics: February 2020

● This House would abolish the death penalty.
● This House would establish a Universal Basic Income.
● This House believes parents should have the right to use corporal punishment in the
home.

March/City Championship 2020:

● TBD

April/State Championship 2020:

● TBD

Archive of Past MS Parli Topics:

2018-19
This House believes video games do more harm than good.
This House would grant prisoners the right to vote.
This House believes single gender classrooms are better than coed classrooms.
This House believes nature has more influence than nurture.
This House supports Bill DeBlasio’s SHSAT admissions proposal.
This House would grant adolescents the right to their own medical decisions.
This House would implement a carbon tax.
This House would increase funding for space exploration.
This House would close the Rikers Island Jail.
This House would ban animal testing.
This House would implement open borders.
This House would allow prayer in public schools.
This House supports military intervention in Venezuela.
This House would ban animal testing
This House would legalize marijuana.
This House would cut U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia.

2017-18
This House would require immigrants to learn English.
This House believes youth competitive sports do more harm than good.
This House would make hate speech illegal.
This House would ban plastic bags.
This House would repeal the Second Amendment.
This House would make Puerto Rico a state.
This House would prohibit children from using social media.
This House would try and punish juvenile offenders as adults.
This House would create graffiti areas in public spaces.
This House would legalize assisted suicide.
This House supports the New York Free Tuition Program.
This House would remove the​ ​statute of limitations for sexual assault.
This House supports genetically modified food.
This House supports merit pay for the best teachers.
This House would end 24-hour subway service in NYC.
This House believes deadly force is justified in self-defense.
This House would legalize gambling.
This House would reinstate the draft.
This House would implement a junk food tax.
This House would require metal detectors in schools.
This House would limit opioid prescriptions.
This House would order a preventive strike against North Korea.

2016-17
This House would abolish the electoral college.
This House would adopt a mandatory dress code in NYC schools.
This House condemns Big Pharma.
This House would give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship.
This House believes a government should have the right to spy on its own citizens.
This House would pay reparations to African Americans.
This House would privatize water.
This House supports human cloning.
This House would allow Christmas to be celebrated in public schools.
This House would abolish Native American reservations.
This House would provide childcare to teenage parents.
This House would overturn Brown v. EMA and ban the sale of violent video games to minors.
This House would ban alcohol advertising.
This House believes policing is racially biased.
This House would give Trump a chance.
This House values and adolescent’s right to privacy over a parent’s conflicting right to know.
This House would ban the burqa.
This House would prohibit the production of nuclear power.
This House would establish a Universal Basic Income.
This House would pay ransoms to terrorists.
This House would require gender-neutral bathrooms.

2015-16
This House would make panhandling illegal.
This House would raise the minimum wage.
This House would implement year-round school
This House would try and punish juvenile offenders as adults.
This House would grant businesses the right to refuse service.
This House believes that China and the US are long-term enemies.
This House would end birthright citizenship.
This House would repeal the Second Amendment.
This House supports affirmative action in college admissions.
This House would reinstate the draft.
This House would ban homework for elementary school students.
This House would ban animal testing.
This House would “ban the box” (inquiring about criminal record on job applications).
This House would adopt a carbon tax.
This House believes all public colleges and universities should be free.
This House would disarm the police.
This House believes nature has more influence than nurture.
This House would declare English as the official language of the United States.
This House would let 100,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S.
This House would increase funding for space exploration.
This House would repeal the Hyde Amendment and fund abortions.

2014-15
This house believes adults should have the right to carry a concealed handgun.
This house should NOT ban cellphones in NYC schools.
This house believes artistic expressions should never be censored.
This house believes that large cities are the best option for raising children.
This house believes elementary classrooms should be integrated with special needs students.
This house believes illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in America.
This house believes charter schools do more harm than good.
This house believes it is unethical to eat meat.
This house will legalize assisted suicide.
This house would decriminalize recreational drug use.
This house believes youth competitive sports do more harm than good.
This house supports genetically modified food.
This house believes America is on the decline.
This house believes police officers should be required to wear body cameras.
This house believes the Common Core does more harm than good.
This house will pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
This house would prohibit children from using social media.
This house would ban school suspensions.
This house would abolish the death penalty.
This house believes smart technology is making us dumb.
This house would permanently ban fracking.

2013-14
This house would remove Columbus Day as a Federal Holiday.
This house believes non-violence is the best method in the struggle for justice.
This house believes arts and humanities classes should be mandatory for all students.
This house believes the SHSAT should not be the deciding factor for admission to Specialized High
Schools in NYC.
The house would abolish prisons.
The house believes Bill de Blasio should be the next mayor of NYC.
The house believes Standardized Tests are the best way to measure school achievement.
This house would make voting mandatory.
This house supports stop and frisk laws.
This house would impose a mandatory year of service.
This house opposes zero-tolerance policies in public schools.
This house would ban the sale of large-size soft drinks
The house would impose a maximum salary for professional athletes.
This house would ban all media (such as music, films and videogames) which glorify misogyny.
This house believes that the rent is too damn high.
The U.S. should end its military aid to Israel.
The house believes that marriage is an outdated institution
The house believes that single-gender classrooms would improve the quality of education in American
public schools.
This house would ban any new cars that use gasoline emissions.
This house would ban corporal punishment in the home.
This house would make English the official language of the USA.