3 Special Student and Faculty Personnel Item

President Oaks reviewed with members of the Boards the action of the Executive Committees on April 19, 1973, which is indicated in the following excerpt from the minutes of that meeting:

"President Oaks sought direction from the Executive Committee on how he should deal with some specific problems of irregular sexual behavior on the part of BYU employees and students. This matter had been discussed by the Executive Committee and Board some months ago, bu had been deferred until after preparations of a general statement on homosexuality printed in the February 1973 issue of the Priesthood Bulletin. After considering the most recent action by the Board of Trustees on this subject (January 16, 196) that homosexual students would not be admitted or retained at BYU without approval from General Authorities, the Executive Committee instructed President Oaks that no known overt homosexuals were to be enrolled or permitted to remain at BYU as students or employees, but that the follow persons were not to be treated as "overt and active homosexuals" for the purpose of this policy:

a) persons who had repented of evil acts and totally forsaken them for a suitably lengthy period of time, and

b) persons who had been guilty of irregular sexual behavior not equivalent to fornication or adultery and who were repentant and showed evidence that their irregularities would not be repeated.

The retention or dismissal of employees or students falling in the latter two categories should be a matter of decision on an individual basis by the administration at BYU after considering the nature and duration of involvement, the circumstances of the student's or employee's work at the University, and the recommendation of the ecclesiastical officer having jurisdiction over the case."

ACTION: It was the consensus of the Boards that Brigham Young University should proceed as counseled in this matter.