Students must be paid Active-level student members of Educators Rising no later than February 1st of the year in which they are competing. Check or credit card payment must be received in the National Office by the stated deadline to be considered an Active-level member.

Students may only compete in one individual OR one team event. 

For competitions: Teacher leaders may enter up to two students per school in each individual event per division and one team for team events per division. 

• All team events must have at least two students (and no more than four) per school to qualify.

• For teams consisting of students of varying grade levels, the team will be placed in the division for the grade level of the most senior member.