Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting 2008 Rank requirement changes in:
Tenderfoot--9, 12a, 12b Second Class rank--6a, 6c, 8 First Class Eagle Scout rank alternate requirements Revised merit badge requirements for First Aid, Metalwork, Sculpture, Water Sports (formerly Water skiing), Wilderness Survival. Minor merit badge requirement updates for: Backpacking (1, 3c [new], 4c[new], 6b, 6c [new], 7, 8d, 10, 11)Hiking (7) Revised requirements for Leave No Trace Achievement Award (formerly Leave NO Trace Awareness Award) The current Boy Scout Requirements book is available from Calumet Council Scout Shop.
Historic Merit Badges Announced
Historic Merit Badge requirements are available at the Council Office or online.
610265 Pathfinder
610266 Signaler
610264 Tracking
610263 Carpentry
Requirements will be available online—no Merit Badge Pamphlets. The national office hasn't’t posted the requirements yet. When the requirements are posted, they will be available at the following web sites: Go to www.scouting.org/100years and http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx
If you have any questions, you can call Frank Ramirez at 972-580-2061.
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2010 Rank Advancement Changes Announced click here...
2009 Boy Scout Requirements
New rank requirement changes
Note: Effective January 1, 2009 the following Merit Badges have had Requirement changes.
Revised Merit Badge Requirements for: Automotive Maintenance (formerly Auto Mechanics), Cinematography, Drafting, Emergency Preparedness Engineering, Farm Mechanics, Insect Study, Motor boating, Pottery, Radio
Minor merit badge requirements updates for: Archery, Coin Collecting, Collections, Indian Lore, Lifesaving, Painting, Swimming
The requirements for rank advancement, Eagle Palms, and merit badges are effective January 1, 2009, through December 2009. The requirements listed in the 2009 Boy Scout Requirement Handbook published annually are the official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America. However, the requirements in publication might not match those in the Boy Scout Handbook and the merit badge pamphlets, because this publication is updated only on an annual basis. These merit badge requirements also appear on the BSA's Official Web site. The requirements posted on the Web site will coincide with this publication and will be updated at the same time, only on an annual basis. If a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition of the pamphlet is introduced, he may continue to use the same merit badge pamphlet and fulfill the requirement therein to earn the badge. He need not start all over again with the new pamphlet and possibly revised requirements.
Consult the 2009 Edition of Requirements for updated policies on Advancement, Eagle Palms, and Merit Badges effective January 1, 2009.
New Boy Scout Requirements for First Class Effective January 1, 2006:
New First Class requirement Beginning January 1, 2006 and additional requirement will be added to the requirements for first class rank in Boy Scouting. Scout beginning their First Class requirements work after this date must complete the new requirement. Scouts working on first class requirements prior to this date will have until June 30, 2006 to complete First Class rank with out completing the new requirements. The new requirements test the candidate’s persuasive communications skills and can help make Scouting available to more boys. It reads as follows. “Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive e Boy Scout, about your troop’s activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active.” The Boy Scout Handbook and 2006 Requirements book will be updated with this new
The requirements for the following merit badges have been updated for 2005:
Archery, Astronomy, Canoeing, Camping, Chemistry, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Cooking, Electricity, Emergency Preparedness, Family Life, Fire Safety, First Aid, Fish & Wildlife Management, Medicine, Metalwork, Nuclear Science (was Atomic Energy), Plumbing, Railroading, Scholarship, Small Boat Sailing, Soil & Water Conservation, Space Exploration, Surveying, and Theater.
