Understand what has to happen first

A checklist tells you what to do. This site tells you what has to happen before it — the prerequisites, approvals, waiting periods and blockers behind advancement, camps, high adventure and troop operations.

Nothing here is an official Boy Scouts of America publication. Every step is transcribed from one, and says which — the full list of sources is public. When this site and the current book disagree, the book is right.

Plans you can follow

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Advancement already earned elsewhere

One choice at the top, then two separate branches: coming back to Scouting America after time away, and arriving with advancement from another country's association.

34 steps

Advancing with a disability or special need

From an open-minded reading of a requirement to a council-approved alternative, with the approver named at every level.

47 steps

Setting Up Advancement at Camp

What the council advancement committee establishes, who approves the counselors, and the line nobody may cross.

24 steps

Registering and Being Approved

From wanting to counsel a badge to being on the council list, and what keeps you there.

26 steps

The Board of Review, Start to Finish

From asking for a board to the rank being presented, with the appeal route that follows a denial.

40 steps

Eagle Scout Rank Requirements

The seven requirements, the service project approval chain, and the merit badges — in the order they actually have to happen.

44 steps

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Advancement

Ranks, merit badges and the awards that go with them.

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