SWABEA is an affiliate of the Illinois Business Education Association (IBEA), Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education (IACTE), Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), and the National Business Education Association (NBEA).  We represent business education professionals from schools and community colleges in the southwestern counties of Illinois. 

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The specific purpose of SWABEA is to plan, develop, and sustain programs for professionals in business education through meetings, discussions, and conferences.  Additional purposes of SWABEA are to:

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• Promote teaching careers in business education

• Promote the interest of career and technical education at all educational levels

• Cooperate with other agencies endeavoring to improve business and career and technical education.