I have two new merit badge counselors but I have no way to add their approved merit badges. It appears there is no equivalent of the SB MBC upload. They have no merit badges assigned yet and do not appear in the Scoutbook Plus MB Counselors list, I assume because they have no merit badges. There is …

According to this post, there are various routes to assign merit badges to counselors: https://discussions.scouting.org/t/im-a-scout-book-admin-for-4-districts-how-do-i-add-badges-for-mbc/510280/5 Since I’m just an ASM, I can’t test it out. However, one of the SUAC volunteers may be able to expla…

@ThomasStalnaker - the MBC is managed in my.scouting.org [image] Bulk Upload of MBCs into SB Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus @GaryJarkewicz all MBC MB Assignments are now saved in my.scouting not Scoutbook - maybe there is a new report

@ThomasStalnaker you now approve merit badges for counselors via Scoutbook Plus. See the guide here: Council Management of Merit Badge Counselor List in Scoutbook - Scoutbook Knowledge Base

That only works if the merit badge counselor appears on that list. Apparently merit badge counselors that do not yet have any merit badges do not appear on the list and thus can not have merit badges added. At least I am assuming that is why the two specified merit badge counselors do not appear on …

@ThomasStalnaker Currently, you can only manage merit badge counselors who already have badges assigned to them with Scoutbook Plus. If they are a new merit badge counselor the Registrar must assign at least one badge to them with Registrar Tools. They can now do this immediately upon registration a…

Can't assign merit badges to new counselor

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Stephen_Hornak May 3, 2026, 3:56pm 3

@ThomasStalnaker - the MBC is managed in my.scouting.org

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Can't assign merit badges to new counselor

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