Dear leaders:
If you need any help during the recharter process, please feel free to email trina.stapleton@scouting.org or call 864-585-4391.
Things to know:
Youth Protection Training is mandatory before an adult can be registered.
We prefer that you pay the council directly with a check. This makes it easier to correct some common errors that can occur. Otherwise, you may pay online.
All Adult and Youth applications must have the required signatures.
Steps to follow when processing your recharter are:
Ensure that the currently registered unit Key 3 leaders are correct in My.Scouting so they can e-approve member and charter renewals. This is essential and must be done as soon as possible since changes at this step can delay the subsequent steps. (If the person handling the recharter is not a key 3, they need to be put in as a key 3 delegate.)
Check that all youth and adults are currently registered with the unit and appear on your roster in my.scouting.org.
Complete and approve the on-line Unit Recharter process. This can be found by logging into Internet Advancement 2.0 and clicking on Recharter. https://advancements.scouting.org/ Internet Advancement can be accessed through your Scoutbook or my.scouting account.
Pay the 2023 BSA Registration fees and the Council Fees.
Youth - $75
Adults - $45
Council fee (all members) - $12
Charter fee - $100
Scouts’ Life magazine - $15
Applications for any new adults must be uploaded into the charter renewal as well as their Youth Protection Training Certificate and Criminal Background Check Authorization. This includes any adult who is moving from a Tiger Parent or Lion Parent into a leadership position and youth who have turned 18 and are moving from a youth position to an Assistant Scoutmaster position or a UP, VP or EP (Unit Participant, Venturing Participant or Exploring Participant). You will need to enter any adult who is on the charter as an AP or LP and moving into a leadership position or a youth moving into a new leader position or into a UP/VP or EP as New Adult and upload all required documents.
Applications for any new youth must be uploaded into the charter renewal.
Confirm that all required information has been completed on the adult and youth applications before uploading the documents.
Note: A unit’s rechartering application cannot be approved by the National Service Center until all steps are complete.
The Key 3 leaders will receive an email for a final digital approval signature. This must be completed in order to finalize the Charter Renewal.
If you have chosen to pay by E-Check, please be aware that an email will be sent to you with instructions for verifying two micro deposits. These micro deposits must be validated by you in order to complete the payment process. Your charter renewal will not complete the submittal process until the micro deposits are confirmed.
To ensure a timely process of your Charter Renewal, be sure your CURRENT key leadership (including the COR and IH) have established their My.Scouting accounts and are ready to make approvals of new members and the charter renewal application. This message is only being sent to the unit Key 3 listed in My.Scouting If your Scouting role has changed, please forward this message to the person who now has your former role.
Your Unit Commissioner, District Commissioner, and District Executive are great resources to help you through this process.
