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
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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/
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