Task
9.0.2.13. Approval withheld: submit anyway
Required May not apply Often forgotten
Where the candidate believes the project as completed meets the intent of requirement 5, it is appropriate to submit the rank application and the workbook without final approval, and if requested the Scout must be granted a board of review. If a unit board may not give a fair hearing, a board under disputed circumstances may be initiated.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Discuss the risk with the Scout before taking this route, because the board may decide negatively. But the Guide is clear that beneficiaries unfamiliar with the process do sometimes decline over last-minute additions or a change of management, and in those cases it is appropriate to go forward and for the board to understand the requirement was met regardless.
Where this step comes from
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 9.0.2.13 · Submitting the application and workbook without final approval, and the right to a board of review if requested.
- Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 8.0.3.2 · Initiating an Eagle Scout board of review under disputed circumstances.