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Students pitch FBLA chapter; committee endorses sending proposal to full board
Summary
High-school students asked the committee to establish a Future Business Leaders of America chapter. The committee supported forwarding the proposal — including estimated start-up costs, membership dues and fundraising plans — to the full board for approval.
High-school students and a business teacher-adviser presented a proposal to form an FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) chapter at the district high school; the committee voted to send the item to the full board.
Student presenters described initial outreach (survey returned 31 interested students; 17 attended the first informational meeting) and proposed a modest fee structure (student dues $16; a one-time chapter registration/renewal fee of $250). The adviser, introduced by committee members as Mr. Simmons and a business elective teacher at Kutztown, estimated first-year expenses: a $1,400 adviser stipend and approximately $1,000 for transportation in year one; staff used a $2,500 example year-one budget to illustrate district support plus expected fundraising.
Students outlined programming and fundraising plans — monthly meetings, two competitive events, two leadership conferences and local fundraising (bake sales, car washes, sponsorships) — and staff recommended a modest district budget allocation to seed the chapter. Committee members praised the student initiative and voted to forward the proposal to the full board for final approval and budget consideration.
Next steps: staff will include the FBLA chapter charter, a proposed budget and any requested stipend/transportation funding in the full-board packet.
