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59th State Leadership & Skills Conference

April 9-12, 2026

Ontario, California

The state’s largest hands‑on workforce event, where top CTE students compete, lead, and advance to nationals.

Red Carpet Event
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SLSC 2026

Lights, Camera, Career!

4 Day Event

Includes

  • 120 Competitive Events 

  • Open Ceremony

  • Delegate Sessions

  • State Leadership Team Elections

  • CEP Champions Awards

  • Exhibitors Access

  • Social: Red Carpet - Hollywood

  • Conference T-Shirt & Pin 

  • Advisor of the Year Awards

  • Seminars and Workshops

  • Limited Transportation*

  • Community Service

  • Awards Ceremony

 

>> Member Event Registration <<

All others, email webadmin@skillsusaca.org

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Hotel Reservations

Go-Cal Housing System

Link Coming Soon

Eaguilar@go-cal.org
 

Reservations Open

Saturday - 2/28/26 at 7:00 AM
 

Reservations Close

Friday - 3/6/26 at  5:00 PM

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All chapters are required to stay in the SkillsUSA CA room blocks.

Get Involved

Volunteer or Sponsor Opportunities

Alumni & Friends Volunteers

Contest Judges Volunteers

Vendors & Exhibitors

Sponsorship

Presenter Application

Community Service Project

Seminars & Workshops

Elevate Your Chapter with SLSC Workshops and Seminars.

Elevate Your Chapter with SLSC Workshops and Seminars.

Explore a variety of student and advisor workshops at SLSC designed to enhance your chapter's capabilities. Dive into topics such as optimizing your Chapter of Excellence application, crafting a robust program of work, fostering student leadership, expanding beyond competitions, maximizing industry connections, and more.

 

Do you want to present or know an industry partner that would be interested?​ Apply today!​

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Presenter Application

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Friday & Saturday Sessions Available

Food & Beverage

Provided by SkillsUSA:

Friday Social: Red Carpet - Hollywood
Food & Beverage Provided

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Lunches for Courtesy Corps

 

Evening of Excellence Dinner: Invited guests only

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Available for Purchase:

Convention Center 
Concessions

Local Restaurants

SLSC Resources

*A registered observer is a non-contestant, non-advisor, chaparone, contest model, administrator, guest, or non-member, 
Registered observers have access to all general events but will not receive a conference shirt, pin, tickets for social events, or other conference materials.

  • Form 2

  • Substitution Policy

  • Code of Conduct

  • Convention Center Parking: $15 per day self-parking

  • Transportation Friday - Saturday is provided by OCC and will be limited to blocked hotels only. (Element Hotel, Ayers Hotel Ayers Suites, Hyatt Suites, County Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, Town Place Suites, Courtyard, Embassy, La Quinta, Ontario Airport Springhill, Sheraton Four Points Hotel.) Hotels outside the SkillsUSA block will not have shuttles provided.

  • No transportation is provided for the opening and closing ceremony at the Toyota Arena. Chapters should plan their own transportation. Limited transportation is provided for off-site competitions and hotels listed above. 

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