Time

Activity

Location

6:30 a.m.
 

Breakfast with your City

Dorm Area Cafeteria

8:00 a.m.

Deadline for Corrections to the Runoff Election Ballot

Election Headquarters

8:45 a.m.

Assemble for trip to the Capitol

You will be taken to the meeting location by Counselors

9:00 a.m.

Depart for Capitol via Parade route

Texas State Capitol Building

9:15 a.m.

Enter Capitol Building as led by your city counselors

Texas State Capitol Building

9:30 a.m.

Boys State on ground of Capitol

Texas State Capitol Building

Texas State Capitol Building

11:15 a.m.

Boys State will meet by City at a location to be determined to prepare to depart the Capitol Grounds

Texas State Capitol Building

11:45 a.m.

Return to Dorm with your city

You will be taken to the dorm location by your City Counselors

11:45 a.m.

Lunch with your City

Corm Area Cafeteria

1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

State Party Convention — Run-off speeches

1. Speeches by Run-off Candidates

2. Continue State Party Platform discussion and finalize and approve it for General Election usage

3. Precinct/County caucus on platform

You will be take to the State Party Convention meeting room by your City Counselors

3:45 p.m.

General Assembly

You will be take to the General Assembly by your Counselors

4:45 p.m.

City Mayors Meeting

You will be take to the meeting room by your Counselors

5:00 p.m.

1/2 Boys State Cities have dinner with your City and the other half of Boys State Cities host Visiting Dignitaries — follow schedule

You will be take to the meeting room and Cafeteria by your Counselors

5:30 p.m.

1/2 Boys State Cities have dinner with your City and the other half of Boys State Cities host Visiting Dignitaries — follow schedule

You will be take to the meeting room and Cafeteria by your Counselors

6:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Recreation Period Begins: All Statesmen will be involved in 1 or more of 5 different activity categories:

1. City Olympiad - these are tournament games in Basketball, Dodgeball, and 7-on-7 football

2. Boys State Band

3. Seminars

4. Rules, Campaign and Platform Committees

5. Talent Show tryouts

Same are prior day Rec Period

Talent Show tryouts location TBA

8:00 p.m.

Run-off Election Polls open

Election location

9:30 p.m.

Run-off Election Polls close

Election location

9:45 p.m.

Recreation period ends

Daily Closing — Run-off Election results will be announced here so ballot openings can be discussed and be prepared to be filled late this evening by the County and State Party Chairmen

All Statesmen will return to dorm area with City Counselors

10:30 p.m.

Deadline for Corrections to the General Election Ballot (corrections must be made by the Precinct, County, or State Party Chairman, depending on office sought by a Statesmen)

1. Additions or corrections must be submitted in writing by the State/County Chairmen.

   • State Chairman fills any vacancies on State Ballot.

   • County Chairman fills any vacancies on County Ballot.

   • County Chairmen within a District jointly fill vacancies on the District Ballot.

2. Additions may not be already on ballot for another position.

3. No additions may be made after the deadline.

Change into recreation clothes (including Boys State t-shirt) that are appropriate for the Olympiad and associate evening activities

Boys State Election Headquarters

10:30 p.m.

Daily Debrief with City

City Dorm Area

10:30 p.m.

Precinct/County Chairmen conduct Ballot Draw and prepare Ballots for General Election

Boys State Election Headquarters

11:00 p.m.

Lights out