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Here's the situation-- A boy in my troop (or better said, patrol) is moving out of the area next week. He is currently our ASPL, having started his term in March. And up until yesterday, he was First Class. He reached First Class in January, but at the time, he did not have a POR, because he was the APL. Now, he had been a patrol leader for a year, but his term ended well before he got First Class. A week ago, he told me that he would be going for a Star BOR at the next meeting (which was yesterday). Hearing this, I reminded him that he needed two more months of ASPL to fulfill the requirement. He heard me and kind of shrugged it off. ​Yesterday, he begged out of our PLC (which really irked me) to meet with a merit badge counselor so that he could finish up Family Life in time for a BOR that night. After the PLC, I asked the Scoutmaster if I could speak to him privately for a moment. I voiced my concerns to him, and after discussing it with me and the other Eagle Scout in the troop, he agreed with me, saying, "We want to do it by the book". A while later, as I was running my patrol meeting outside, he came up behind me and whispered that our Advancement Chair, who was the SM up until September of last year, had gone ahead and signed it off. This Scout passed his BOR later that night. Now, here is my question-- what should I do in this situation? This boy was not serving in a POR when he earned First Class, and only got one two months ago. He clearly has not fulfilled the requirement, and as the 2013 Guide to Advancement states, "No council, committee, district, unit, or individual has the authority to add to, or subtract from, advancement requirements". But yet, he was passed on it. It just does not make sense around the board. Should I speak with the Scoutmaster? The Advancement Chair? It just does not seem fair that he only completed 50% of the requirement and still gets credit for it. I'm afraid that once the younger Scouts hear of this, they will want to have the same treatment. I know that I cannot appeal a BOR, but should I go to the Scout and remind him that "A Scout is Trustworthy" (He also was elected to the OA, which as you might know emphasizes the Scouting virtues) and ask him to appeal it, for the integrity of Scouting? He went into the BOR fully knowing that he had not completed the requirement...I told him of it twice, once last week, and in October, when POR became available, that APL does not count for rank advancement. This is really tearing me up, as I know how much work it took me to get Star, and my brother as well. Any feedback is quite appreciated.