Membership and Membership Dues
- What website do I use to register my students as dues-paying members?
- How much are membership dues for the current year (2025-2026)?
- Where do I enter the names of my dues-paying members?
- A student is enrolled in classes a high school that has a BPA chapter and our Postsecondary college that also has a BPA chapter. Which chapter(s) is the student allowed to join?
- A student was a part of our BPA chapter but they have moved to a different school district. Can they still be a member of our chapter?
- How do I transfer a student's membership from their previous BPA chapter now that they are at my school?
Starting a Chapter
Conference Registration
- Where do I go to register my students from regional competition?
- A team member is unable to attend the conference, do I still register her as a member of the team?
- How much are regional registration fees?
- All my students are not showing up on my list when I am in the membership registration system. What do I do?
Torch Awards Program
- When is the deadline for submitting our Torch Awards application/résumé?
- Where do I submit my Torch Awards application/résumé?
- Once I submit my chapter's torch awards submission, how long will it take to find out whether or not the students' resumes were approved?
- My school had a weather-related closing on the day of the deadline. For this (or any other) reason, can we have an extension to the deadline for our chapter's résumés?
- Why didn't I receive notification of whether or not our chapter's torch awards submissions were approved? How do I find that out?
- How far back can I claim activities in the Torch Awards Program? Can I start from when I first joined?
Competitive Events
- How do I register my students for Open Events?
- If a student qualifies for the state competition, can they only compete in the event they qualified for or are they able to compete in other events as well?
- How do students see/receive feedback from the judges for their competitive events?
- Do I need to register my students for Open Events?
- Can a student participate in Open Events only?
- Can students handwrite notes in the Style & Reference Manual, Human Resources Manual, or Ethics & Professionalism Manual?
Virtual Events
- What are Virtual Events?
- Are Virtual Events conducted at the regional or state levels and do they count towards the number of events a student can compete in?
- Can students participate in virtual events if they do not plan to attend the National Leadership Conference?
- When is the last day I can add a student to membership in order for them to be eligible to compete in a virtual event?
General FAQ
- Region Listing by School and Zip Code
- Where do I register for the Fall Leadership Conference (FLC)?
- Where do I find the guidelines for the Michigan NLC trading pin contest?
- Are there any college scholarships offered by BPA?
- Are there any scholarships available to offset a student’s cost to attend the state leadership conference?
- What is the Merit Scholar test?