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EA time limit

JD Price

Registered User
Some correct me if I am mistaken-- once an EA has gone a year without turning in in proficiency, he can continue to receive instruction but cannot attend any EA meetings or degrees.

TIA
John Price
 

crono782

Premium Member
Here, he may continue to attend meetings, degrees and such, but cannot continue to the next degree until a petition for advancement has been voted on by the Lodge.
 

nixxon2000

Premium Member
In my state a request must be sent to the GL the a request to continue his training.

If one is not sent I believe he looses his EA status and must repetition and start over.
 

dfreybur

Premium Member
Depends on jurisdiction so you'll need to look it up locally. The range I've seen is in California the lodge "may" drop you from their active roles after 5 years if you don't advance but they may vote at any Stated meeting to activate you again, through in Texas the lodge must file paperwork to extend you every 6 months if you don't advance. Some jurisdiction might have stricter rules but I predict your own jurisdiction will be somewhere within those two extremes.
 

Warrior1256

Site Benefactor
I don't know if there is a time limit here in Kentucky or not. Something to look into for my own information.
 

relapse98

Registered User
I hate to disagree with you but I cannot find that in the law book. Seems like something the secretary is saying but AFAIK, as already stated, the only thing required is a petition for advancement after his proficiency if he wants to become an FC.
 

Bill Lins

Moderating Staff
Staff Member
Secretary announcements at a number of the Stated meetings I have attended include mention that EA "X" is taking longer than 6 months and the extension paperwork has been filed.
Very strange. As noted above, EAs (& FCs) have 12 months to turn in their work. If they fail to do so, they are still allowed to receive instruction and, after they do turn in their work, must petition for advancement, which is mostly a formality. I know of, and cannot find any legitimate reference in the Law to, any such "extension" business.

Art 430. Degree Not Conferred One Year After Election.
After twelve months have elapsed since the election of a petitioner to receive the degrees and no degree has been conferred or twelve months have elapsed since an Entered Apprentice or a Fellowcraft has received such degree, his election to receive the degrees or the failure of the Entered Apprentice or Fellowcraft to receive the next degree, shall become null and void, and a new petition shall be required which shall be governed by all the rules and follow all the procedures prescribed for an original petition for the degrees. (Note – for procedure after rejection, see Article 434. For procedure after lapse of time, see Article 434-a. For personal jurisdiction, territorial jurisdiction, and waiver of jurisdiction see the following Chapter 5, Title IV, and the Articles therein numbered 440 to 465.) (Revised 1993)

Art. 434a. Procedure After Lapse of Time.
Whenever an Entered Apprentice or Fellowcraft must petition for advancement because of lapse of time, he shall be permitted to receive instruction, to sit in a Lodge in the highest degree to which he has attained and be examined in open Lodge and voted on as proficient in the trial lecture of the degree last conferred; after which his petition for advancement may be received and dealt with in the same manner as a petition for affiliation as set forth in Articles
386 and 387, and must receive a favorable ballot of the Lodge of Competent Jurisdiction as provided in Article 430, except as otherwise provided in Articles 39 and 414. (Revised 2004)
 
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