Re: Expiration dates on merit badges?

This was discussed at length sometime back. I am sure there are new
members of the list who were not on at that time. The bottom line is that
the Advancement ... Guide states that there is no time limit other than
the 18 year age, and that is the policy. I, too, was under the mistaken
impression that local councils and/or camps could put a time limit on
merit badge "partials", allowing boys credit for work done only within a
time limit. Ours was one year. We now have the understanding that the
guide will be followed. Unless the specific badge requirements state that
something must occur within a certain time limit, a boy can work on any
badge over any length of time he chooses. We encourage our boys to finish
as soon as they can to keep the subject material alive in their mind, but
we cannot require a specific time limit.

Milt Forsberg
SM, Troop 7
Champaign, IL

On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Ricky Steverson wrote:
[snip]
> My SM said that the district people have inform the troops thru a
> roundtable that the there is a time limit of 24 months for a scout to
> complete a merit badge. But when reading the "Advancement Policies and
> Procedures Committee Guide", BSA No. 33088, I find on page 19 in bold
> print in the Advancement in Summer Camp section the following:
>
> "There is no time limit for completion of merit badges other than age 18"
>
> Is the district rep. wrong? Am I reading an out-of-date policy (this is
> labelled as "1996 printing of 1994 edition". Is there a list of current
> literature printings that I can refer to to confirm that the literature
> is up-to-date?
[snip]

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