A volunteer-led task force supporting the 2011-2015 National Council Strategic Plan’s Goal 411, has recommended moving to the use of the Scout Oath and Law for all BSA programs, including Venturing.
The recommendation has been reviewed and endorsed by the national support committee responsible for program content changes. It has also been discussed and endorsed by the national officers of the BSA. The recommendation will be brought forward to the National Executive Board at its October 2012 meeting.
The basis for the recommendation is strategic in nature and is intended to reinforce the connection between all of our BSA programs and the mission of the Boy Scouts of America. Since it is the mission of the BSA “to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law,” it is the task forces’ judgment that this goal is best achieved if all programs use the Scout Oath and Law as their primary statement of values and ideals.