SECTION -6 ASSIGNMENTS, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS   6.1  Assignments.  Assignments of cadets to positions within the cadet battalion will be made on the basis of best qualified, taking into consideration their leadership ability, military proficiency, appearance and bearing, academic grades, participation in cadet activities, overall positive example they set and desire to serve in the selected leadership capacity.  There must also be a position vacancy within the cadet structure.  All assignments will be approved by the SAI prior to being announced.  Assignments will be made as follows: ·        The Cadet Battalion Commander will be selected by the SAI based on input from the AI. ·        The Cadet Battalion Commander will make recommendations to all officer assignments.  The  SAI/AI will make the final selection for battalion command and staff positions. ·        The Cadet Battalion CSM will make recommendations to all NCO assignments with the approval of the SAI/AI.  The CSM will select Company First Sergeants and Battalion Staff NCO and enlisted members with the approval of the Battalion Commander and SAI/AI. ·        Company Commanders will be responsible to assign officers within their units, with approval of the Battalion Commander and SAI/AI.  Company First Sergeants will select squad leaders and team leaders with approval of the CSM. ·        Special Team Leaders (Drill and Raider) will be selected by the respective coach for each team. ·        Special Team Leaders (Drill and Raider) will make assignments to positions within their organizations with the approval of the Cadet Battalion Commander and the SAI/AI. ·        Assignments will be made on battalion orders and Request for Orders (RFO).  No assignment will become effective until an official order, signed by the SAI is published. 6.2  Appointments and Promotions. The SAI is the final authority for the promotion of cadets to all non-commissioned officer and officer ranks in Rossview High School.  Appointment of officers and promotions of enlisted cadets will be made on the basis of best qualified, taking into consideration their leadership ability, military proficiency, appearance and bearing, academic grades in JROTC and overall school subjects, and participation in cadet activities.  There must be a vacancy within the cadet battalion structure into which a cadet may be assigned in the higher rank.  The authority to promote within the Cadet Battalion will be as follows: ·        The Cadet Battalion Commander and Special Assistants (Instructor Aides) to the SAI will be approved for appointment and promotion to a higher rank by the SAI. ·         The Battalion Executive Officer, Staff Officers, Company Commanders, Special Unit Leaders (Drill and Raider Team), and the Battalion Command Sergeant Major, will be selected by the SAI/AI with input/recommendations from Cadet Battalion Commander to the SAI/AI.  The SAI is the final approval authority for all appointments and promotions.  Promotion of cadets assigned to staff sections, or assigned to special units, to the rank of Staff Sergeant or above, will be made by the Cadet Battalion Commander, based on the input from the SAI/AI (daily visibility) and the availability of position vacancies. ·        Promotion of cadets assigned to companies, to the rank of Staff Sergeant or below, will be made by the Company Commander, with the concurrence of the Cadet Battalion Commander and SAI/AI and the availability of positions. ·        The Cadet Battalion Commander based on the availability of positions will make promotion recommendations to the SAI/AI for cadet ranks above the grade of Staff Sergeant. 6.3    Minimum time in grade requirements for promotion. RANK LET LEVEL SEMESTERS /9 WEEKS IN JROTC MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE Cadet 1 1st Semester, 1st 9 Weeks N/A Private/Private First Class (PFC) 1 1st Semester, 2nd 9 Weeks 2.0 Corporal 1 2nd Semester, 3rd 9 Weeks 2.0 Sergeant 1 2nd Semester, 4th 9 Weeks 2.0 Staff Sergeant 2 1st Semester, 1st 9 Weeks 2.0 Sergeant First Class 2 1st Semester, 2nd 9 Weeks 2.0 Master Sergeant 3 1st Semester, 1st  9 Weeks 2.0 Sergeant Major 3/4 Senior Cadet / LET 4 2.5 2nd Lieutenant 2 1st Semester, 1st 9 Weeks 2.5 1st Lieutenant 2 1st Semester, 2nd 9 Weeks 2.5 Captain 2 2nd Semester, 3rd 9 Weeks 2.75 Major 3/4 Senior Cadet / LET  4 3.0 Lieutenant Colonel 4 Senior Cadet / LET  4 3.0   6.4    Promotions. ·        Promotions will be organized and conducted by the Cadet Battalion Commander, Cadet Command Sergeant Major and the SAI/AI.  This Battalion Leadership will determine each cadets eligibility for promotion and submit formal recommendations to the SAI/AI.  ·        The following personnel are ineligible for promotion: A cadet who fails to wear the designated uniform on a mandatory uniform day and fails to make up the missed day on the following week on the designated make-up day (Tuesday unless otherwise coordinated with the respective instructor) more than twice during a semester. o  Failure to attend a mandatory battalion activity during the current semester, without prior written approval or coordination with the SAI/AI. A cadet who has received in/out of school suspension for the most recent nine-week grading period. A cadet, whose grade point average falls below 2.0 for the previous nine-week grading period. ·        Appointments, promotions, or reductions of cadets will be made on Rossview High School Cadet Battalion Orders.  No appointment, promotion, or reduction will be effective until orders are generated in the JUMS program, signed by the SAI have been published . ·        The SAI must approve all recommendations for appointments, promotions, or reductions. 6.4  Final Authority.  The SAI/AI retains the authority to overrule or modify the decisions of members of the Cadet Corps. 6.5  Reductions.  To ensure that the best-qualified cadets are able to earn promotions or appointments to higher ranks, and have the opportunity to be assigned to positions of leadership, the following policies concerning administrative reductions will apply: ·        Any cadet who fails to wear the designated uniform on a mandatory uniform day and does not make it up as prescribed, more than twice in any nine weeks period will be administratively reduced one rank. ·        Any cadet who fails to attend a mandatory cadet battalion formation, without prior written approval from the SAI/AI, will be reduced one rank. ·        A cadet who is suspended for any reason may be administratively reduced one rank. ·        Any cadet whose grade point average is below 2.0 will be placed on probation for the following grading period.  If his/her GPA at the end of the probation period is still lower than 2.0, the cadet will be reduced to Private First Class. ·        Any cadet assigned to a leadership position who is unable or unwilling to meet the requirements of that position will be relieved from that position and reduced to the rank which corresponds to their new position in the cadet battalion structure.