New Fee Structure For Councils
In 2008, the National Office of Learning for Life decided to change the registration of Learning for Life groups, excepting Explorer Posts, from a per-person, fee-based structure to a council-wide license. The license is free to councils who offer only Exploring, but requires Councils offering the in-school Learning for Life program to pay a license fee according to a sliding scale effective October 2008. The license-fee schedule begins at US$500.00 for 1-199 youth, US$1,000 for 200-500, and graduates in increments of US$2,500 for each additional 500 youth, until at 3,000 youth it costs an additional US$5,000 per 1000 additional youth. This change from a per-person fee to a license fee based on total council enrollment requires councils to make budget decisions on keeping or not keeping Learning for Life programs (besides Exploring) in place, increasing or reducing the number of youth served as needed or desired, or in some cases discontinue altogether the council's in-school Learning for Life programs.
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