| 1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 4 months as a First Class Scout. 2. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. 3. Earn 6 merit badges, including 4 from the required list for Eagle.* (First Aid, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Personal Fitness, Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving, Environmental Science, Personal Management, Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling, Camping, and Family Life) 4. While a First Class Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6 hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster. 5. While a First Class Scout, serve actively 4 months in one or more of the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop): Boy Scout Troop Patrol Leader Venture Patrol Leader Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Senior Patrol Leader Troop Guide OA Troop Representative Den Chief Scribe Librarian Historian Quartermaster Bugler Junior Assistant Scoutmaster Chaplain Aide or Instructor Troop Webmaster Leave No Trace Trainer Varsity Scout Team Captain Co-Captain Program Manager Squad Leader Team Secretary OA Team Representative Librarian Historian Quartermaster Chaplain Aide Instructor Den Chief Team Webmaster Leave No Trace Trainer Venturing Crew/Sea Scout Ship President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Den Chief Quartermaster Historian Guide Boatswain Boatswain's Mate Yeoman Purser Storekeeper Crew/Ship Webmaster Leave No Trace Trainer 6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference 7. Complete your board of review. * Choose any of the 15 required merit badges in the 12 categories to fulfill requirement 3. See requirement 3 in the Eagle Scout requirements for a list of badges required for Eagle. NOTE: The footnote to Requirement 3 means that, for example, a Scout can use both Lifesaving AND Emergency Preparedness and/or Swimming, Hiking, AND Cycling toward the requirement of 4 from the required list for Eagle when working toward Star Scout.) Also note that the asterisks are specifically placed on the lines marked "(required for Eagle)" signifying that the note applies to these badges. Please note that Requirement 7 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday. |
| Star Rank Requirements |
| Requirements were REVISED effective January 1, 2010. These requirements appear in the official Boy Scout Handbook, 12th Edition, which was issued in 2009, but do not take effect until January 1, 2010. If a Scout has started work toward a rank before that date using requirements that were current before January 1, 2010, he may complete that rank only using the old requirements. Any Progress toward a rank that is begun after January 1, 2010, must use the requirements as they are presented in the Boy Scout Handbook (34622) or in Boy Scout Requirements book (33216). A Scout may also use these requirements, if he wishes, before January 1, 2010. |