‍**Please contact California DECA for information about student dues.‍

All students participating in California DECA must be enrolled in a pathway (or have taken all of the courses available in the pathway) in one of the following Career and Technical Education (CTE) areas: Marketing, Business Management and Administration, Hospitality and Tourism and Finance. These students must be members of DECA chapters that meet the chapter eligibility requirements. California DECA Chapters must meet the following requirements from the California Department of Education: (1) The high school must offer a CTE program or pathway (consisting of a minimum of two courses) that is aligned with the ideals and standards of DECA - for students interested in marketing, finance, hospitality, management and entrepreneurship, and (2) Every DECA chapter must have a Credentialed CTE Instructor (or an instructor with a Single Subject Credential in Business or Home Economics) who serves as an advisor for the chapter and teaches in the CTE program or pathway used for DECA affiliation. This credential requirement applies to all schools including private schools.