4.10 Membership Processing and Dues

Annual dues are $16 for each high school member, which is $10 national dues and $6 state dues.  Annual dues are $13 for each middle school member, which is $10 national dues and $3 state dues.  Dues are unified, which means both state and national dues must be paid for each member.  Dues are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Local chapters may assess their own local dues in additional to the state and national dues.  PA FBLA regions may assess per member dues or per chapter dues.

All students must be entered into the National FBLA membership system, FBLA Connect, by the chapter adviser or the chapter officer designated to process membership. To be entered as a member, the chapter adviser must have five pieces of required information:

1. First name
2. Last name
3. Grade level
4. Gender
5. Active email address (preferably a personal email address)

An invoice is generated calculating combined state and national dues for all students entered into FBLA Connect.  Chapters have the option to pay by check; purchase order; or credit card.  State dues received by National FBLA will be remitted monthly back to the state chapter.

Once dues are received for a member, digital membership cards will be emailed to the students from National FBLA.  Chapter members have the ability to activate their personal FBLA account to access FBLA online programs and document their FBLA achievements.

State dues presently are $6 per member, and national dues presently are $6 per member. Both state and national dues must be paid for each member, and chapters will write one check for both state and national dues made payable to PA FBLA. All PA FBLA memberships and national memberships must be processed through the state office via the online membership processing system on the PA FBLA web site. The state office will upload members to the national membership processing web site.

Active members have full access to the PA FBLA and National FBLA competitive events programs, based on the timelines established by the PA FBLA region, the PA FBLA state chapter, and National FBLA.  Once entered into FBLA Connect and transitioned to pending status, chapters have 60 days to submit payment to the national office to transition a student to fully paid status.  The 60-day grace/pay period is eligible for all students entered through and including December 31.  Beginning January 1, a student’s dues must be immediately paid for a student to transition to full paid status and have access to state and national FBLA programs, including competitive events.

A local chapter must have a minimum of three paid members.