Dear PA FBLA Advisers
These are key dates in the SLC registration process. Please focus on these dates:
SLC Registration Closes
Saturday, February 4, by 11:59 pm
13 more days from today
SLC Registration and Lodging Payment Postmark Deadline
Friday, February 24
This is a postmark deadline – not a received by deadline.
Contact Bruce Boncal for credit card payment information.
Chapter advisers can add or delete/make as many changes as they wish up to that February 4, 2023, by 11:59 pm deadline. Chapter advisers can rearrange rooms as many times as they wish up to the February 4 deadline. Advisers have full control until that date. However, chapter advisers MUST make sure they have clicked on "submit" by the February 4 deadline. Your chapter's registration/lodging is not finalized until the chapter adviser clicks "submit."
We will not be replacing students in competitive events who have dropped with students from other schools after February 4. After February 4, only drops will be accepted.
State-Only Individual/Team Competitive Events Finalists
None of the finalists in the following state-only competitive events have yet been announced. The final announcement deadline is January 31 by 11:59 pm. Chapter advisers will receive notice if the students in the following events ARE or ARE NOT finalists so please be patient. If your chapter receives notice that your students are finalists, please be prepared to make sure your competitors are registered and lodged by that February 4 deadline.
The individual/team state-only events yet to be announced are:
(1) Business Financial Plan, (2) Business Plan, (3) Coding & Programming, (4) Computer Game & Simulation Programming, (5) Data Analysis, (6) Digital Animation, (7) Digital Video Production, (8) E-business, (9) Electronic Career Portfolio, (10) Mobile Application Development, (11) Public Service Announcement, and (12) Website Design.
State-Only Chapter Events
We will not be adding any additional students to competitive events after that February 4 date with one exception: chapters that will be announced as finalists in the “chapter” state-only events will have an opportunity to identify/add students to make the presentations in those events. These events have a deadline to upload assets via Blue Panda no later than February 15, 2023, by 11:59 pm. These events are: (1) American Enterprise Project, (2) Community Service Project, (3) Local Chapter Annual Business Report, (4) Partnership with Business Project. Finalists will be announced no later than March 1, and advisers will have until March 2 to add any additional students to participate in these events. There’s a chance finalists may be announced earlier, but that is not a guarantee.
Changes After February 4
Starting February 5, 2023, all changes must be made using the online form shown below since Blue Panda registration will be closed. The PA FBLA state office will then make any changes, which will recalculate the chapter’s financial record.
One-Stop Location for State Leadership Conference Information
Please look for this graphic on the main page of the website. This should be your first stop for information on SLC schedules, competitive events, and more.
