New Rank Advancement Coming in 2016

The BSA is significantly changing rank advancement requirements in 2016. All scouts should purchase a new Boy Scout Handbook from the Scout Shop when it is available in January. What does this mean?

• ·      If you have already started working on a rank, you can finish it under the old requirements if you complete your work in 2016.
• ·      If you do not complete already-started ranks in 2016, you must switch to the new requirements in 2017.
• ·      Any ranks you start working on in 2016 must be done under the new requirements.

To see the new requirements and how they compare to the old requirements, click on the Advancement Changes Summary link in the Document Collection section to the right.