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Scout Handbook Update 2016

As of January 2016, the Scout Handbook has changed, and the rank requirements have been revised.

This folder has two files which explain, and provide an insert for your older handbook. The changes in a nutshell:

• Boys registered in a troop on or before Dec. 31, 2015, who are working on Tenderfoot through First Class ranks, may continue to use the old requirements through 2016, but they must convert to the new requirements upon attaining the First Class rank.

• Boys registered in a troop on or before Dec. 31, 2015, who have completed the First Class rank may complete the rank they are currently working on with the old requirements through 2016, but then must convert to the new requirements for subsequent ranks.

• Any boy registering in a troop for the first time on or after Jan. 1, 2016, must use the new requirements

In this folder we have included two PDF files: • All of the new requirements, created as an insert for the back of their handbooks. • An FAQ that should address most questions

 
Frequently asked questions about the additions and changes to the 2016 version of the Boy Scout Handbook rank requirements
Use this signoff section instead of the one in the back of your pre-2016 handbook, after you switch over to the new requirments