REC FOUNDATION • INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS HONOR SOCIETY
Constitution of the IRHS (continued)
must meet the new chapter’s standards within one semester to retain membership. Section 6. Members who resign or are dismissed are never again eligible for membership or its benefits. ARTICLE VIII: SELECTION OF MEMBERS Section 1. To be eligible for membership the candidate must be a member of those classes (sophomore, junior, senior) designated as eligible in the chapter bylaws. Freshmen [ninth graders] are not eligible. Candidates must have attended the school the equivalent of one semester. Section 2. The national minimum standard for scholarship shall be a cumulative scholastic average of at least 85 percent, B+, or 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or the equivalent standard of excellence. Candidates shall then be evaluated based on STEM Education, Robotics participation, service, leadership, and character. Section 3. The selection of each member to the chapter shall be by a majority vote of the Faculty Council. Prior to notification of any candidates, the chapter adviser shall review with the principal the results of the Faculty Council’s deliberations. Section 4. A description of the selection procedure shall be published in an official school publication that is widely available in a timely fashion to
all students and parents of the school. The selection procedure shall be determined by the Faculty Council and shall be consistent with the rules and regulations of IRHS. Section 5. The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation shall not review the judgment of the Faculty Council regarding selection of individual members to local chapters. ARTICLE IX: DISCIPLINE AND DISMISSAL Section 1. The Faculty Council, in compliance with the rules and regulations of the International Robotics Honor Society, shall determine the procedure for dismissal. A written description of the dismissal procedure shall be available to interested parties. Section 2 Members who violate the REC Foundation Code of Conduct are subject to removal from the International Robotics Honor Society. Section 3. Members who fall below the standards that were the basis for their selection shall be promptly warned in writing by the chapter adviser and given a reasonable amount of time to correct the deficiency, except that in the case of flagrant violation of school rules or the law, a member does not have to be warned. Section 4. The Faculty Council shall determine when an individual has exceeded a reasonable number of warnings.
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