NAVY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT MANUAL

Commanding Officers of all training activities are
responsible for the development of procedures for voluntary
and mandatory remediation and retesting. All remediation
and retesting procedures will be described in the testing
plan for the course.
SECTION 6 - ACADEMIC REVIEW BOARDS
6.1. Introduction. The ARB process provides for formalized
procedures in handling non-disciplinary problems related to a
student's academic progress. The ARB is an integral part of the
student-counseling program. It is based upon the philosophy
that decisions concerning a student's disposition in training
are better arrived at by group acting together as a board rather
than by an individual acting alone.
6.2. Policy
ARBs will be established at all training activities, which
conduct Class "A" or "C" school training.
Training activities that provide the other types of
training will establish ARBs as directed by the CO/OIC.
ARBs will be convened when all other means of academic
counseling, remediation, and an initial academic setback
have failed to improve student performance. The initial
academic setback may result from an academic counseling
session and be directed by the course supervisor.
Additional academic setbacks must be directed by the ARB.
Examples of when an ARB may be necessary include the
following:
Student’s course average falls below minimum passing
grade.
Student is unable to achieve the objectives after
counseling, remediation, retesting, and an initial
academic setback.
Student's performance is below expected academic
progress.
Student fails to achieve the objectives after an
academic setback on those same objectives.
Students will continue with class until an ARB decision has
been made.
All students enrolled in Class "A" and "C" schools will be
academically dropped from training only because of an ARB
recommendation.
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