Updated Recharter Documentation:
New for 2023: Greater LA Scouting has mandated that all adult leaders are to be fully position-trained. You can help ensure all adult leaders are position trained by downloading a Trained Leader Report from My.Scouting Training Manager and compare it with the position-trained requirements. Any youth facing leader who is not position trained will need to take the training before you can recharter them in that position. In order to deliver the best program to Scouts, all adult leaders should be position trained. Every Scout deserves a trained adult leader!
2023 Registration Fees:
New Annual Membership Fee Process Announced – BSA Will No Longer Prorate Fees for New Members beginning August 1, 2023.
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Beginning August 1, 2023, all new youth and adult members who join Scouting will be enrolled in a 12- month membership cycle and BSA will cease prorating fees. Both youth and adults will pay the full annual membership fee and will renew their membership on the anniversary date of joining Scouting. All proration of membership fees will be eliminated. Each registered member of the BSA will receive an email notice with a registration renewal link beginning 60 days before the anniversary month they joined Scouting. Unit leaders will receive a copy of the email and should stay engaged in the membership renewal process just like rechartering.
Effective August 1, 2023, the BSA will implement the following national membership fees which were approved by the National Executive Committee:
- $80 for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouting participants ($5 increase)
- $60 for all adult volunteers ($15 increase to provide general liability insurance and enhanced background checks)
- $25 one-time joining fee for new program participants in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouting (Not prorated and no change in fee)
- $25 for Merit Badge Counselors (New Fee applies only for Merit Badge Counselors not already registered as leaders to cover the enhanced background check)
- $50 for Exploring participants Youth & Adults ($5 increase)
- $100 for a unit charter/affiliation fee (no change in fee)
- $15 for Scout Life magazine
NOTE: Greater Los Angeles Scouting Insurance Fee of $35 (youth and adult) & Program Fee of $45 (youth only) will be effective August 1st.
Key Updates for Charter Renewals
- Units with 2023 expiration dates- No changes, you will renew charter and membership as always.
- Units with February 29, 2024, expiration- Unit will automatically lapse after 1 month. Renew your charter by the end of March. Your unit and members will still have a February 2024 expiration date.
- Units with March-December 2024 expiration dates- You will renew your charter and membership under the new system.
Membership Renewal Process:
- All membership in the BSA will be renewed on a 12-month membership cycle.
- Each member, youth, or adult will renew their membership on their anniversary month. Many will have an anniversary that is the month their unit renewed last, and any new members will renew 12 months after they joined.
- Membership renewals will be completed either by credit card with a 12-month renewal payment from the individual, by a Scout unit that has elected “Unit will pay all our members renewals” option, or by a manual payment at the Council Office.
- By eliminating proration, it will streamline the rechartering and membership renewal process for units and councils.
Unit Charter Renewal
To simplify the unit charter process, membership renewals will no longer be tied to the unit charter process; beginning for units expiring in March 2024; units will still renew their charters separate from their membership. The process will be much simpler as the system will validate the unit leadership and verify the unit has the minimum required youth and adults. The COR and council will approve the leadership, the unit will approve the charter, and the unit will submit the annual unit charter renewal fee of $100.
New Members:
- Beginning August 1, 2023, all new youth and adult members will join for a 12-month membership cycle. Both youth and adults will pay the full annual membership fee to join Scouting and will renew their membership on the anniversary month of joining.
- New members joining after July 31, 2023, will begin their annual membership renewal in July 2024. This will be tied to the anniversary month of joining.
- Each member of the BSA will receive an email notice with a registration renewal link beginning 60 days before the anniversary month of joining.
Existing Members:
- Beginning August 1, 2023, all youth and adult membership renewals will be for a 12-month membership cycle.
- Charter Renewal will remain unchanged for units due to charter through February 2024. March 2024 units will be the first to renew in the new process.
- Charter Renewal change will take effect for units starting March 1, 2024, to allow all units renewing in 2023 a complete renewal cycle.
- Renewing members will renew their membership on their anniversary month.
- Each member will receive an email renewal notice reminder beginning 60 days before the anniversary month.
Merit Badge Counselors:
- Beginning in August 2023, merit badge counselors who are not registered as an adult leader in a unit will pay an annual $25 fee.
- Merit badge counselors are not registered in a unit position and therefore are not allowed to attend overnight Scouting activities/events.
| Youth Fees | Returning Scouts | New Scouts |
| National Fee | $80.00 | $80.00 |
| Council Insurance Fee | $35.00 | $35.00 |
| Council Program Support Fee | $45.00 | $45.00 |
| New Scout Fee | $0 | $25.00 |
| Total | $160.00 | $185.00 |
| Scout Life (Optional) | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Total w/ Scout Life | $175.00 | $200.00 |
| Adult Fees | All Adults |
| National Fee | $60.00 |
| Council Insurance Fee | $35.00 |
| Total | $95.00 |
| Scout Life (Optional) | $15.00 |
| Total w/ Scout Life | $110.00 |
| Unit Fees | Annually for Each Unit |
| Unit Recharter | $100.00 |
District Rechartering Contacts
Financial Assistance
If you have families that require financial assistance, please have them fill out the form on this page. It is very important that you do not register these members as a part of your recharter. Our council registration department will process their financial assistance applications and will register them in the unit.
New-Unit Application
Fill out this form for a new unit to charter. The form must have the Executive Officer of the unit include his/her personal information on the form and is the only person that can sign the form.