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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2008


                               BCSB BANCORP, INC.
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               (Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)


         MARYLAND                     0-53163                 26-1424764
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(State Or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)                   File Number)           Identification No.)


 4111 E. JOPPA ROAD, SUITE 300, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND           21236
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(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 256-5000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name Or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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ITEM 8.01       OTHER EVENTS
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     BCSB Bancorp,  Inc. ("the Company") intends to hold its 2009 annual meeting
of  stockholders  on May 20,  2009.  Under  the  Company's  Bylaws,  stockholder
proposals  must be  submitted  in writing to the  Secretary  of the  Company and
received at the address  stated later in this paragraph no less than ninety days
prior to the date of such annual meeting; provided,  however, that if less than
one hundred  days' notice or prior public disclosure of the meeting is given to
stockholders,  such written notice shall be delivered or mailed,  as prescribed,
to the  Secretary  of the  Company  not later than the close of  business on the
tenth day following the day on which notice of the annual  meeting was mailed or
such public disclosure was made.  In order to be eligible for inclusion in the
Company's  proxy  materials  for the 2009 annual  meeting of  stockholders,  any
stockholder  proposal  to take  action at such  meeting  must be received at the
Company's executive office at 4111 E. Joppa Road, Suite 300, Baltimore, Maryland
21236,  no later than December 12, 2008.  Any such proposal  shall be subject to
the requirements of the proxy rules adopted under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       BCSB BANCORP, INC.



Date:  November 24, 2008               By: /s/ Joseph J. Bouffard
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                                           Joseph J. Bouffard
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer