Exchange student question

[Roadkill Patrol]

We have a local family (in the US) that is hosting an exchange student from Vietnam this year. He is in the Vietnamese Scouting program in his home country. He will be joining our troop for the year he is here.

 

My question is...does he follow the program from his home country or the equivalent of the rank he is working on in the BSA program?

 

Still waiting to hear back from council office regarding this.

[emb021]

This is covered in the Advancement Committee booklet.

 

He follows the BSA program.

 

[this is off the top of my head, so consult the booklet for the correct, in writing, policy].

 

What is supposed to be done is that a committee reviews what he has done in his own country's program to determine where he is in the BSA program. That is, what equivalent rank he is. He can be given any rank automatically EXCEPT Eagle. That is, it can be determined he is a Tenderfoot, 2nd Class, 1st Class, Star or Life. He can then continue to work on the next BSA rank and earn it, INCLUDING Eagle.

 

 

[Roadkill Patrol]

Thank you emb021 for the resource. I will get a copy of the booklet and check it out.

[Basementdweller]

That would be a super experience.....I am envious.

[infoscouter]

You can access Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures on the National Council web site:

 

http://scouting.org/filestore/commissioner/pdf/33088.pdf