Important: Calendar of Events
2025 State Leadership Conference Pricing Chart
Pricing Options:
Plan A: 2-nights lodging with 5 meals
Plan B: 2-nights lodging; no meals
Plan C: commuter
Plan D: special one-night pricing
Sunday, April 06, early arrival option with room flat fee (1-4 per room)
All online objective tests (with the exception of those with potential role plays) will be administered “live and in person” in Hershey. All performance events will be administered “live and in person” in Hershey.
General Schedule of Events
Sunday, April 06
Registration Open, 7:00-9:00 pm | Hersheypark Open | FBLA Fun Night
Monday, April 07
Registration Open, 7:00 am | Online Objective Tests and Performance Competitive Events (all day/see SLC calendar) | Career Expo and Leadership Workshops, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm | Exhibits Open |Campaign Rally, 6:30-8:30 pm | Opening General Session, 8:30-10:30 pm (middle school awards announced/presented at the beginning of the Opening Session)
Tuesday, April 08
Registration Open, 7:00 am | Online Objective Tests and Performance Competitive Events (all day/see schedule below) | Career Expo and Leadership Workshops, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm | Exhibits Open | Awards of Excellence Program, 7:00-10:30 pm
Conference attendees may attend under the following options:
2024-25 SLC — Attendance Policy
>>>Member at Large Online Application (deadline January 31, 2025, by 11:59 pm)
2024-25 SLC — Categories of Attendee Registration
2024-25 SLC — Hotel Properties Selection
2024-25 SLC — Miscellaneous Pricing Chart (meals, Hersheypark, Hershey Bears, shirts/hoodies)
2024-25 SLC — Important SLC Deadline Dates (check this area on the SLC portion of the website)
2024-25 SLC — Refund Policy
Important Forms
2024-25 SLC — Pre-Conference FBLA Competitor Identification Form (for someone who does not have a picture ID)
2024-25 SLC — ONSITE Conference FBLA ID Verification Form (for someone who forgot their ID)
2024-25 SLC — Online Change Form (to be used February 2 through and including March 29)
2024-25 SLC — Application Form to Request for Sunday, April 6, Objective Testing (4:00-6:00 pm/all testers must begin no later than 5:00 pm)
2024-25 SLC — Special Dietary Issues/Restrictions Form
2024-25 SLC — Student SLC Guidelines
2024-25 SLC — Adviser SLC Guidelines
2024-25 SLC — Parent Online Form to Request Payment Be Made by Credit Card (for student’s share of SLC fees)
Other SLC Items
2024-25 SLC — Adviser Step-by-Step Instructions – Blue Panda Quick Start Guide
2024-25 SLC — Dress Code
2024-25 SLC — Shirt/Hoodie Design and Pricing Chart
2024-25 SLC — Hersheypark Ticket Flyer / Why Order from Pennsylvania FBLA?
2024-25 SLC — Hershey Bears Ticket Flyer / Why Order from Pennsylvania FBLA?
2024-25 SLC — Charity Auction
2024-25 SLC — Educational Leadership Program
Emergency Forms/Other Documents
(forms are uploaded by chapter adviser via Blue Panda as assets/March 24, 2025, upload deadline)
Student Forms:
(1) Student Emergency Form (1 per student)
(2) Student Delegate Code of Conduct w/dress code (submit signature only/acknowledges Code of Conduct and Dress Code) (1 per student)
(3) Dress Code
Adult/Chapter Forms:
(1) Adviser/Chaperone/Guest Emergency Form (1 per adult)
(2) Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Hotel Safety Guidelines (1 per adult)
(3) Adviser & School District Administrator Emergency Contact Form (1 per chapter)
(4) Dress Code
Key Dates:
December 09, 2024 — SLC “Chapter Only” Events Registration Opens at 8:00 am (reports/videos due 2/17)
December 11, 2024 — SLC “State-Only” Individual/Team Events Reports/Video Uploads Due via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm
December 15, 2024 — State Officer/National Officer Candidate Applications Due, 11:59 pm
December 16, 2024 – SLC Registration and Lodging Opens via Blue Panda, 12:00 noon
December 31, 2024 — SLC Region Membership Incentive Final Calculations for Plans A, B, C, D
January 01, 2025 — SLC Application Form Available for Sunday Night, April 06, Online Objective Testing at Hershey Lodge
January 24, 2025 — Middle School — Competitive Events Registration Deadline (contact Michele Sites)
January 31, 2025 – Latest date to announce individual/team state-only competitive events finalists from those submitted by December 11, 2024
January 31, 2025 — SLC Member at Large (MAL) Application Deadline, 11:59 pm
February 01, 2025 – SLC Registration and Lodging via Blue Panda Closes, 11:59 pm
February 01, 2025 – Final Date for Competitive Events Changes to Region Advisers/State Office, 11:59 pm
February 01, 2025 – Final Submission Date for Businessperson of the Year, Business Partnership of the Year, School Administrator of the Year Applicants
February 02, 2025 – SLC Changes Form Available (to be used after registration closes on February 1 until March 29, 2025)
February 03, 2025 – Final Submission Date for SLC Local Market Share Award, 11:59 pm
February 17, 2025 – Final Submission Deadline for Future Business Leader and Job Interview resume/cover letter via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm
February 17, 2025 – Final Submission Date for “Chapter Events” Report/Video Uploads via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Partnership with Business)
February 17, 2025 – Final Submission Date for “Member” Internships, 11:59 pm (SLC Hospitality Internship, SLC Multimedia Internship, SLC Grade 11 Job Shadowing Internship, SLC National Anthem Singer Audition)
February 21, 2025 — Final Date for Parent Request to Pay for SLC Registration/Lodging by Credit Card
February 21, 2025 – Full SLC Registration and Lodging Payment “Received By” Deadline, 11:59 pm
February 28, 2025 – Latest Day to Announce “Chapter” Competitive Events Finalists from February 17, 2025, Submissions
March 01, 2025 – Middle School — Testing Windows Opens
March 01, 2025 — Final Submission Deadlines for SLC Recognition: William Selden Outstanding Chapter Criteria, Who’s Who in PA FBLA Criteria, Keystone Leadership Award, Membership Madness and Membership Mania Awards)
March 03, 2025– SLC Business Ethics Case Study Upload Deadline via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm
March 03, 2025 — Business Honor Society Submission Deadline, 11:59 pm
March 03, 2025 — Outstanding Adviser Criteria Submission Deadline for SLC Recognition, 11:59 pm
March 03-07, 2025 – SLC Production Tests Administered at Home Schools
March 11, 2025 – SLC Production Tests Upload Deadline for Judging via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm
March 14, 2025 — Middle School — Testing Windows Closes
March 15, 2025 — SLC Shirt/Hoodie Final Purchase Form Deadline, 11:59 pm (opens February 2)
March 20, 2025 — SLC Hersheypark Ticket Final Order Form Deadline, 11:59 pm (opens February 2)
March 20, 2025 — SLC Hershey Bears Ticket Final Order Form Deadline, 11:59 pm (opens February 2)
March 20, 2025 — SLC Breakfast-To-Go Final Order Form Deadline, 11;59 pm (opens February 2)
March 20, 2025 — Retiring Adviser Notification Form Deadline for SLC Recognition, 11:15 pm
March 23, 2025 – 50% Registration/Lodging Changes & Refund Deadline via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm (must use “change form” after February 01)
March 24, 2025 — SLC Refunds Not Issued for Cancellations/Changes After This Date
March 24, 2025 — Final Upload Date for SLC Student Emergency Form, Adviser/Chaperone/Guest Emergency Form, Adviser/Guest/Chaperone Hotel/Safety Form, Delegate Code of Conduct Form, and Adviser/School Administrator Contact Form via Blue Panda, 11:59 pm
March 24-28, 2025 – SLC Open Competitive Events Administered at Home Schools (separate registration will be announced/will be required)
March 26, 2025 — SLC Conference App Available for Download
March 26-April 02, 2025 — SLC Role-Play Events Objective Tests Administered at Home Schools
March 29, 2025 — SLC Accountability Journal Available for Download
March 29, 2025 – Final Submission Date for SLC Changes Form (to be used after registration closes on February 1 until March 29, 2025)
March 30, 2025 — Deadline for Parent/Family Application for Ticket Purchases to Attend Monday Opening General Session and/or Tuesday Awards Program at the Giant Center
March 30, 2025 — Submission Deadline for Sunday Night, April 06, Online Objective Testing Application Form Option
April 06, 2025 — SLC Sunday Night Objective Testing Option, 4:00-6:00 pm, Hershey Lodge (by application only)
April 06, 2025 — Hersheypark Open (discounted tickets were available for purchase by March 20)
April 06, 2025 — Hershey Bears Hockey (discounted tickets were available for purchase by March 20)
April 06, 2025 — SLC Early-Bird Registration Open, 7:00-9:00 pm, Hershey Lodge
April o7, 2025 — SLC Registration Open, 7:00 am-5:00 pm, Hershey Lodge
April o7, 2025 — 12:00 Noon @ Conference HQ/Cocoa Terrace Room: “Received By” Deadline for Contributions for State Project Awards
April o7, 2025 — SLC Business Meeting and Voting Delegates Orientation, Giant Center, 6:30 pm (broadcast live/connection information below)
April o7, 2025 — SLC Opening General Session, Giant Center, 8:30 pm (broadcast live/connection information below)
- Middle School Awards presented live; top 5 called to stage in each event
- High School chapter awards presented live
April o8, 2025 — SLC Awards of Excellence Program, Giant Center, 7:00 pm (broadcast live/connection information below)
April o8, 2025 — NLC Orientation (top 4 high school/middle school winners eligible); Giant Center (immediately following the Awards Program)
PA LiveStream/Broadcast Link
www.thinkcybis.com/pafbla-live
no purchase is necessary
Special Student Applications (Internships and National Anthem Singer):
Questions regarding internships/national anthem singer should be directed to: Janet Skiles, PA FBLA Conference Coordinator, jskiles@pafbla.us
MUST READ: Overview: FBLA High School Member Internships and National Anthem Singer
1. SLC Hospitality Intern
>>>Hospitality Internship Application link: https://pafbla.wufoo.com/forms/zkv1zw30r80amp/
>>>MUST READ: Hospitality Internship Application Procedures
Important deadline dates for this internship:
The application deadline is Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST.
The successful candidate will be notified by email no later than Thursday, February 20, 2025, by 12:00 noon. Registration and lodging must be completed by Saturday, February 22, 2025, at noon.
2. SLC Cybis Multimedia Intern
>>>Cybis Multimedia Production Internship link: http://www.thinkcybis.com/internship
>>>MUST READ: Cybis Internship Application Procedures
Important deadline dates for this internship:
The application deadline is Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST.
The successful candidate will be notified by email no later than Thursday, February 20, 2025, by 12:00 noon. Registration and lodging must be completed by Saturday, February 22, 2025, at noon.
3. SLC National Anthem Singer Vocalist Audition
>>>Audition link: https://pafbla.wufoo.com/forms/s1km6r0q0nb6v4o/
>>>MUST READ: National Anthem Singer Audition/Application Procedures
Qualifications: Vocalist must be a PA FBLA high school member and REGISTERED for the 2025 SLC. Vocalists must be able to sing the national anthem in traditional style acapella. Team Cybis will notify the successful candidate by email no later than Friday, March 7, 2025, EST.
4. SLC Grade 11 Job Shadowing Intern
>>>Conference Management Internship Link: https://pafbla.wufoo.com/forms/s1861or91c792mc/
>>>MUST READ: 11th Grade Conference Shadow/Internship Application Procedures
Important deadline dates for this internship:
The application deadline is Monday, February 17, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST.
The successful candidate will be notified by email no later than Thursday, February 20, 2025, by 12:00 noon. Registration and lodging must be completed by Saturday, February 22, 2025, at noon.