LOCAL CHAPTER ANNUAL BUSINESS REPORT
Roger H. Stubing Award
Local Chapter Annual Business Report provides chapter members with the opportunity to share their chapter’s Program of Work and activities for the year. This competitive event consists of a pre-judged report on the state level.
Event Overview
Division: High School
Event Type: Team of 1, 2 or 3 members present the chapter project
Event Category: Chapter Event
Event Elements: Pre-judged Report only on the State Level
Pre-judged Component: 17-page report due by date specified in SLC registration packet
Career Cluster Framework Connection: Management & Entrepreneurship
NACE Competency Alignment: Career & Self-Development, Critical Thinking, Communication, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork
Items Competitor Must Provide: Sharpened pencil, Photo Identification, Conference-provided nametag, Attire that meets the Florida FBLA Dress Code
District
There is no competition for this on the district level.
State
Eligibility
· FBLA membership dues are paid by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 1 (or earlier date specified by District Director) of the current program year.
· Members must be registered for the SLC and pay the State conference registration fee in order to participate in competitive events.
· Members must stay within the official FBLA housing block of the official FBLA hotel in order to compete.
· Each chapter may submit one entry.
· Each competitor can only compete in one individual/team event and one chapter event (Community Service Project, Local Chapter Annual Business Report).
· All members of a team must consist of individuals from the same chapter.
Recognition
· The number of competitors will determine the number of winners. The maximum number of winners for each competitive event is 5.
Event Administration
· On the state level, this event has one portion: the pre-judged report.
· Pre-judged Report
o Submission Deadline: A PDF of the report must be uploaded in the conference registration system by the date specified in the SLC registration packet.
o All content must be original and created specifically for this competition.
o QR codes and links are not allowed in the asset.
o Advisers or others may not assist in preparing the project. It must be created entirely by the competitor(s).
o Assets must be new, original work and may not have been submitted at any previous National Leadership Conference.
o Number of Pages: The report will be no more than seventeen (17) pages.
o Report Specifics
§ Reports should follow the rating sheet sequence and be formatted to fit on 8 ½” x 11” paper.
§ The first page (front cover) should include the name of school, state, and school year (2025-2026) on the cover.
§ The second page must include a table of contents and each page must be numbered.
§ Divider pages and appendices are optional and must be included in the page count.
§ Reports must describe chapter activities conducted from the end of the 2025 State Leadership Conference to the end of the 2026 State Leadership Conference.
§ Supporting materials related to chapter activities are clearly presented, relevant to the project, and displayed professionally.
· Note: The report does not need to follow the FBLA Production Test Reference Guide, formerly known as the FBLA Format Guide.
o The report is pre-judged before the SLC.
o Pre-judged materials will not be returned. Reports submitted for competition become the property of FBLA. These reports may be used for publication and/or reproduced for sale by FBLA.
National
If you are competing on the National level, be sure to see the National guidelines at: https://www.fbla.org/divisions/fbla/fbla-competitive-events/