2022 Merit Badge Requirement Changes – Grand Canyon Council

2022 Merit Badge and Award Requirement Changes

The following merit badges and awards were updated this year. The updates can be found at: http://scouting.org/advancement

Merit Badge Requirements Changes:

Scouts who have started a badge under the old requirements may complete the badge under those requirements. Scouts beginning the badge must use the new requirements.

(Scoutbook is scheduled to be updated by 2/24/22)

Merit Badge Name and Requirement Changed:

Animation 3a
Astronomy 1 cd
Athletics 1b, 3d
Canoeing 4a, 5c, 13 dropped
Citizenship in the Nation – all new
Citizenship in Society – new badge
Climbing 1b
Coin Collecting 6
Dentistry 1b
First Aid 4, 8cd, 10, 11, 12
Home Repair 6
Mining in Society 4, 8a
Pioneering 2ab, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Programming 5a – Scoutlife.org added
Railroading 4, 5 – 7, 8b1
Reading 1e
Traffic Safety 1c, 2a, 3abcd, 4b, 5b, drop 5d

Awards:

Awards Name and Requirement Changed:

Historic Trails – 1, 3
SCUBA BSA 1
Snorkeling 1, look at 5-8
Stand Up Paddleboarding 2
National Medal for Outdoor Achievement 1

Reminder: COVID Advancement Guidelines for Scouts BSA are changing March 1

The temporary changes to the Swimming requirements will be removed, and the original requirements as published will be reinstated.
The temporary suspension of requirement 9b of the camping merit badge will be removed, and the original requirements as published will be reinstated.
Temporary changes were implemented to allow Scouts to complete rank requirements by video conferencing, as well as changes to the Camping merit badge and some swimming rank requirements; see https://www.scouting.org/program-updates/covid-19-2020-advancement-temporary-changes. All of these temporary COVID accommodations will expire on March 01, 2022.

For more details, see: https://www.scouting.org/coronavirus/covid-19-faq/