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Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)


Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) is a nonprofit educational association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. The association has four divisions:

  • FBLA for high school students

  • FBLA-Middle Level for junior high and intermediate students

  • PBL for postsecondary students

  • Professional Division for businesspeople, educators, parents, and anyone who supports the goals of the association.

The FBLA concept was developed in 1937 by Dr. Hamden L. Forkner of Columbia University. In the fall of 1940, official sponsorship of FBLA was accepted by the National Council for Business Education; on February 3, 1942, the first high school chapter was chartered in Johnson City, Tennessee. In 1958, the first Phi Beta Lambda chapter was chartered in Iowa.

More than 240,000 active members participate in more than 13,000 chartered chapters in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, U.S. Territories, Canada and Department of Defense Dependent Schools worldwide.

FBLA-PBL is financed primarily through membership dues. Corporate and foundation grants also play an important role in the association's financial base.

FBLA-PBL is endorsed by A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans; American Management Association; American Vocational Association; Career College Association; Johnson and Wales University; March of Dimes; National Association of Parliamentarians; National Association of Secondary School Principals; National Business Education Association; National Management Association; and the U.S. Department of Education.

More information on FBLA from the National FBLA FAQ

 

Arkansas State FBLA
Arkansas State PBL
Arkansas FBLA-PBL Foundation, Inc

Arkansas District I

  • Alma High School FBLA

  • Altus-Denning High School FBLA

  • Bentonville High School FBLA

  • Booneville High School FBLA

  • Cedarville High School FBLA

  • Hartford High School FBLA

  • County Line High School FBLA

  • Decatur High School FBLA

  • Elkins High School FBLA

  • Farmington High School FBLA

  • Fayetteville - East High School FBLA

  • Fayetteville - West High School FBLA

  • Fort Smith - Union Christian Academy FBLA

  • Fort Smith - Northsideside High School FBLA

  • Fort Smith - Southside High School FBLA

  • Gentry High School FBLA

  • Gravette High School FBLA

  • Greenland High School FBLA

  • Greenwood High School FBLA

  • Hackett High School FBLA

  • Hartford High School FBLA

  • Huntsville High School FBLA

  • Kingston High School FBLA

  • Lavaca High School FBLA

  • Lincoln High School FBLA

  • Magazine High School FBLA

  • Mansfield High School FBLA

  • Mountainburg High School FBLA

  • Mulberry High School FBLA

  • Ozark High School FBLA

  • Lavaca High School FBLA

  • Paris High School FBLA

  • Pea Ridge High School FBLA

  • Pleasant View High School FBLA

  • Prairie Grove High School FBLA

  • Rogers High School FBLA

  • Saint Paul High School FBLA

  • Scranton High School FBLA

  • Siloam Springs High School FBLA

  • Springdale High School FBLA

  • Van Buren High School FBLA

  • West Fork High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District II

  • Jonesboro Area Vocational Center FBLA

  • Nettleton High School FBLA

  • Sloan-Hendrix High School FBLA

  • Weiner High School FBLA

  • White County Central High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District III

  • Barton-Lexa High School FBLA

  • Central High School FBLA

  • Crossett High School FBLA

  • Dermott High School FBLA

  • DeWitt High School FBLA

  • Dollarway High School FBLA

  • Drew Central High School FBLA

  • Dumas High School FBLA

  • El Dorado High School FBLA

  • Eudora High School FBLA

  • Fountain Hill High School FBLA

  • Gillett High School FBLA

  • Gould High School FBLA

  • Grady High School FBLA

  • Hamburg High School FBLA

  • Hampton High School FBLA

  • Hermitage High School FBLA

  • Humphrey High School FBLA

  • Huttig High School FBLA

  • Junction City High School FBLA

  • Kingsland High School FBLA

  • Lakeside High School FBLA

  • Lakeview High School FBLA

  • Marvell High School FBLA

  • McGehee Junior High FBLA

  • Monticello High School FBLA

  • Norphlet High School FBLA

  • Parkers Chapel High School FBLA

  • Pine Bluff High School FBLA

  • Rison High School FBLA

  • Sheridan High School FBLA

  • Smackover High School FBLA

  • Star City High School FBLA

  • Strong High School FBLA

  • Stuttgart High School FBLA

  • Union High School FBLA

  • Warren SEABEC High School FBLA

  • Watson Chapel High School FBLA

  • White Hall High School FBLA

  • Woodlawn High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District IV

  • Ashdown High School FBLA

  • Arkadelphia High School FBLA

  • Arkansas High School FBLA

  • Bearden High School FBLA

  • Bismark High School FBLA

  • Bright Star High School FBLA

  • Blevins High School FBLA

  • Camden Fairview High School FBLA

  • Carthage High School FBLA

  • Center Point High School FBLA

  • Delight High School FBLA

  • Emerson High School FBLA

  • Emmett High School FBLA

  • Fordyce High School FBLA

  • Fouke High School FBLA

  • Foreman High School FBLA

  • Genoa Central High School FBLA

  • Glen Rose High School FBLA

  • Gurdon High School FBLA

  • Harmony Grove FBLA

  • Hope High School FBLA

  • Kirby High School FBLA

  • Lewisville High School FBLA

  • Magnet Cove High School FBLA

  • Magnolia High School FBLA

  • Malvern High School FBLA

  • Murfreesboro High School FBLA

  • Nevada High School FBLA

  • Ouachita High School FBLA

  • North Heights Junior High School FBLA

  • Prescott High School FBLA

  • Saratoga High School FBLA

  • Spring Hill High School FBLA

  • Stamps High School FBLA

  • Stevens High School FBLA

  • Taylor High School FBLA

  • Waldo High School FBLA

  • Walker High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District V

  • Atkins High School FBLA

  • Cedarville High School FBLA

  • Conway High School East FBLA

  • Hackett High School FBLA

  • Heber Springs High School FBLA

  • Hector High School FBLA

  • Quitman High School FBLA

  • White County Central School (Judsonia) FBLA


  • Arkansas District VI

  • Calico Rock High School FBLA

  • Clarksville High School FBLA

  • Cotter High School FBLA

  • Izard County High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District VII

  • Acorn High School FBLA

  • Bigelow High School FBLA

  • Fourche Valley High School FBLA

  • Hot Springs High School FBLA

  • Mena High School FBLA

  • Mount Ida High School FBLA

  • Nashville High School FBLA

  • Oden High School FBLA

  • Ola High School FBLA

  • Waldron High School FBLA

  • Wickes High School FBLA

  • Umpire High School FBLA


  • Arkansas District VIII

  • Carlisle High School FBLA

  • Hall High School (Little Rock) FBLA

  • Lonoke High School FBLA

  • Robinson High School FBLA


  • FBLA - Phi Beta Lambda

  • North Arkansas Community/Technical College FBLA

  • North Arkansas College

  • Arkansas State University-Beebe PBL

  • Southern Arkansas University FBLA

  • University of Arkansas - Fort Smith PBL


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