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A/CAPA Fall 2026 Conference — My Schedule & CEU Record

Wednesday, Nov 4 – Friday, Nov 6, 2026 | The Hotel Hershey, Hershey, PA

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Nov 4 – Nov 6, 2026 The Hotel Hershey, Hershey, PA
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Conference Venue & Room Guide

All sessions for A/CAPA Fall 2026 take place across the designated convention wing rooms below:

🏛️ Garden Terrace & Garden Terrace East / West
Primary ballroom space hosting General Sessions, A/CAPA Business Meetings, Legal Keynotes, and high-capacity breakouts.
⭐ Starlight
Upper level breakout room dedicated to McKinney Vento, Student Safety & SROs, and C4 CTE Collections.
📜 Castilian
Executive room hosting specialized Child Accounting tracks, PDE PIMS reporting clinics, and Calendar Fact workshops.
Act 48 & Professional Education Notice: Please evaluate each session you attend. Evaluations submitted in A/CAPA Live! are stored locally and can be exported as CSV or printed to fulfill district submission requirements.
A/CAPA Live! Schedule. Attend. Evaluate.

The official conference application for the A/CAPA Fall 2026 Conference at The Hotel Hershey. Developed to streamline session scheduling, attendance tracking, and Act 48 continuing education verification for Pennsylvania education professionals.

Venue & Dates

The Hotel Hershey
100 Hotel Road
Hershey, PA 17033
Nov 4 – Nov 6, 2026

Legal & Policies

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  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Statement
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Enter the conference passcode to unlock the agenda, personalize your schedule, and track Act 48 continuing education credits.

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Legal & Compliance Information

Notice to Attendees & LEA Administrators: The materials, session contents, and templates provided through A/CAPA Live! are for educational and training purposes only and do not constitute formal legal counsel.

1. Purpose of Conference Materials

The sessions, presentations, Child Accounting templates, PIMS reporting guides (including Safe Schools, Appendix Z Reimagined, CTE Student Fact, Calendar Fact, and Act 16 data management), and general discussions presented at the A/CAPA Fall 2026 Conference at The Hotel Hershey or summarized within this application are compiled by voluntary educational leaders, industry specialists, legal counsel, and representatives of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) solely for professional enrichment, general administrative training, and professional development.

2. No Legal Advice Rendered

Nothing in this software application or any linked presentation materials constitutes formal legal advice, official statutory rulings, or binding regulatory pronouncements. Interpretation and application of the Pennsylvania Public School Code (including, but not limited to, Sections 1302, 1305, 1306, 1327, 1506, Act 47, and Act 16), Special Education compliance, family/custody laws, and student conduct matters depend upon the specific factual and legal circumstances of each situation.

Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), school districts, charter schools, and intermediate units must consult their designated solicitor, legal counsel, or the Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Chief Counsel before enacting policy changes, taking disciplinary action, dis-enrolling students, or finalizing statutory filings.

3. Limitation of Warranty and Content Integrity

While reasonable efforts are made to ensure accuracy at the time of publication, neither the Association of Pennsylvania School Child Accounting and Attendance Professionals (A/CAPA), conference speakers, nor The Forsyth Group LLC warrants or guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any session curriculum, handout, or schedule.

A/CAPA Live! Terms of Use: By accessing, installing, or registering to use this application, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following Terms and Conditions.

1. Acceptance of Agreement

By accessing, browsing, registering for, or utilizing the A/CAPA Live! web application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Statement.

2. Intellectual Property & Ownership

The A/CAPA Live! application, including but not limited to its underlying software code, user interface, offline caching logic, database schemas, graphic assets, responsive layout, and branding ("Schedule. Attend. Evaluate."), is the exclusive intellectual property and copyright © 2026 of The Forsyth Group LLC. All rights reserved.

Individual conference presentation curricula, slides, and educational materials remain the intellectual property of A/CAPA and their respective authors. Users are granted a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive license to use the app for conference navigation, personal itinerary planning, and session evaluation at the A/CAPA Fall 2026 Conference at The Hotel Hershey. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, scrape, copy, or redistribute the software without prior written authorization from The Forsyth Group LLC.

3. Acceptable Use

Attendees agree to use the application solely for lawful purposes associated with attending the conference. You agree not to attempt to breach or circumvent administrative access controls, manipulate feedback or evaluation scoring, flood server endpoints, or impersonate other conference attendees or PDE personnel.

4. Act 48 Continuing Education Records

Attendees acknowledge that estimated Act 48 continuing professional education hours calculated within the app are derived from sessions added to your schedule and evaluated. Attendees remain solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their submitted PDE Professional Personnel ID (PPID) and verifying credited hours in the PDE Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).

5. "As Is" Operation & Limitation of Liability

The application is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. While built with robust offline capabilities, The Forsyth Group LLC and A/CAPA do not warrant uninterrupted operation or compatibility with all device configurations. In no event shall The Forsyth Group LLC, its officers, employees, or A/CAPA be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use this application.

Privacy & Educator Data Protection: We respect your privacy. Personal information collected through A/CAPA Live! is used solely for conference operations and Act 48 continuing education verification.

1. Information We Collect

When you register to use A/CAPA Live!, we collect:

  • Attendee Identification: Full Name, School District / Local Educational Agency (LEA), Professional Role, and optional Email Address.
  • PDE Act 48 PPID: Your 7-digit Professional Personnel ID issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, necessary for submitting and verifying continuing professional education credits.
  • Conference Activity: Sessions added to your personal schedule, session attendance timestamps, and evaluation feedback (star ratings, speaker clarity, and qualitative feedback).

2. How We Use Your Information

Your information is used strictly to:

  • Provide personalized itinerary management and calendar (.ics) sync.
  • Calculate estimated Act 48 continuing education hours.
  • Provide aggregated, de-identified evaluation metrics to speakers and conference leadership to improve future professional development.
  • Generate verified attendance rosters for Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Act 48 compliance audits.

3. No Sale or Commercial Marketing

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or trade attendee personal data to any commercial vendor, marketing platform, or third-party sponsor.

4. Device Storage & Offline Cache

A/CAPA Live! uses browser localStorage and Progressive Web App (PWA) cache storage to allow full offline agenda viewing and feedback recording if hotel Wi-Fi is temporarily unavailable. Data saved locally synchronizes securely when your device re-establishes internet connectivity.

5. Data Security & Administrative Protections

Data transmitted to the cloud server is encrypted in transit using industry-standard TLS/HTTPS protocols. Administrative access to attendee rosters and evaluation datasets is restricted via role-based access control (RBAC) and secured with cryptographic scrypt password hashing.

6. Contact & Governance

For questions regarding these policies, please contact The Forsyth Group LLC or the A/CAPA Executive Board.