Starting next year, the Boy Scouts of America membership fee will be $60 a year for all registered youth in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouts. The annual fee for adult members and youth in the Exploring program will be $36.
While costs to the organization have increased every year, the Boy
Scouts of America has worked to keep the annual membership fee as low as
possible by subsidizing core costs, including liability insurance the
BSA must carry to cover all official Scouting activities.
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to subsidize these costs at levels in the past, especially as the cost of insurance has increased dramatically. Read the full “Bryan on Scouting” blog post here…