I am the Unit Advancement Coordinator and an Assistant Scoutmaster for my troop, and following this weekend’s migration, I no longer have permission to assign merit badge counselors. I can see the MBCs, and when I try to assign a MBC to a Scout, I get the following error, “Your position and related …

I do not. It only shows me that a counselor needs to be assigned [image]

@KENDRADIMICHELE this seems to be some issue with that individual scout

Ok, is there a way that I can fix it, or do we hope it resolves? Thank you for looking at it!

The developers are looking into it

@DonovanMcNeil We are having similar issues. I am a scoutmaster/Key3 but do not see a way to give ASMs access to assign MBC’s. They are set up with advancement edit and MBC search rights, but how do I enable them to assign MBCs?

As the Unit Advancement Chair I am no longer able to assign a MB counselor to a scout. I can search and list them just fine. Is there a permission change that can be made to grant me this access? is this presently limited to only the Key 3? Is there an ETA for when a fix will be released?

As Donovan noted, it’s a known issue that is being worked. Scouting America IT does not publish timelines for fixes, so the only recourse for users like us is to watch the change log for updates and coordinate with either the unit Key 3 or Key 3 Delegates to get the assignments made in the interim. …

So right now, as I understand it, one of the Key 3 has to assign MBCs- Key 3 do not have the ability to delegate this. Is that right?

Well they can delegate - it just does not work - as stated watch the change log for updates

Who Has Permission to Assign Merit Badge Counselors Now?

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DonovanMcNeil April 28, 2026, 9:48pm 22

@MarkJackson3 simplest answer is it is broken right now - wait for update in change log - Watch the Scoutbook - Scoutbook Plus Change Log - Scouting Forums for an announcement of the fix.

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