One-Year Permission Slip

The one-year permission slip is an optional extra. Instead of signing a slip for every meeting and day outing, you sign one slip for your Scout for the program year (August 1 to July 31). Events that need a permission slip accept it.

Note

Your unit only sees this page when the feature has been turned on for it. Until then the page says Not Available Yet and every event keeps its own permission slip, exactly as before. The wording you agree to is being reviewed by counsel and is marked DRAFT FOR COUNSEL until it is approved.

What it covers, and what it never covers

It covers your unit’s ordinary events, such as meetings, service projects, courts of honor and day outings.

It never covers these. They always need their own permission slip for that event:

• Overnight events (anything that runs past midnight)
• Water activities (swimming, boating, paddling and similar)
• High-adventure and other higher-risk activities (climbing, shooting sports, backpacking, winter sports, horseback and similar)
• Treks and voyages, which send their own slip

An event with no activity type is treated the same way, so it needs its own slip.

Signing

Only a parent or guardian can sign for a Scout under 18. A Scout who is 18 or older can sign for themselves. A unit leader cannot sign this slip for a family, although a leader can still sign an individual event slip.

1. Open Permission Slips in the sidebar, then One-Year Permission Slip.
2. Read the wording.
3. Type your full name, an emergency contact, and any health notes. Health notes are shared only with the adult leaders who run the events.
4. Tick the box and choose Sign.

Your signature is recorded on the same consent record we keep for other permissions, with the date and the wording you saw.

Choosing to sign one event separately

Screenshot coming soonThe One-Year Permission Slip page after signing: the Scout card shows the slip is signed, Upcoming Events show Covered and Signed Separately badges, and the Turn Off One-Year Slip button is available.

Under Upcoming Events you can choose Sign This One Separately for any event the slip would cover. That event then asks for its own slip. Choose Use One-Year Slip to put it back.

Turning it off

Choose Turn Off One-Year Slip at any time. From that moment your Scout needs a permission slip for each event again. Turning it off is recorded, and it keeps working even if your unit later switches the feature off.

What leaders see

Screenshot coming soonThe leader view: who in the unit is covered for the program year, and which registered Scouts on an event are covered or still need a slip.

Adult leaders see who in the unit has signed for the year, who has not, and who turned it off, together with how many events each family chose to sign separately. They do not see emergency contacts or health notes on that list. On an event, leaders see which registered Scouts are covered and which still need a slip.

See Permission Slips for the per-event slip and the older standing slip.