PriloFBLA’s national schedule for 2026-27 puts the Middle School and High School National Leadership Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on June 23-26, 2027. That is the date on both the National Leadership Conference page and the Schedule at a Glance 2026-2027 PDF. The 2026 conference in San Antonio is the one that already happened. It is not this season’s NLC.
Dates that are national, not state-by-state
The same schedule PDF, checked 11 November 2026, lists these national items:
- August 1, 2026: the membership year begins, and competitive event guidelines are not out yet.
- September 1, 2026: competitive event guidelines and resources release.
- November 5-7, 2026: National Fall Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
- February 7-13, 2027: FBLA Week.
- March 1, 2027: membership dues payment deadline for NLC competitors.
- May 4, 2027: NLC registration and housing deadline.
- June 23-26, 2027: National Leadership Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
State Leadership Conference dates are not on that national one-pager. Each state chapter publishes its own. If a calendar still says San Antonio for “nationals this year,” it is describing 2026, not 2027.
What to do with the guidelines
FBLA says the 2026-27 guidelines, including topics, went up at the beginning of September, and that small updates can show up later in the year. The check that matters is the date in the footer of the guideline for your event, on the high school competitive events page. A study guide that still says 2025-2026 in the title is a year behind even when the event name did not change.
Prilo’s event guides are an independent summary. They are not the rating sheet. Before you compete, open the official guideline for that event and read the objectives and the rating sheet yourself.