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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year
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For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 16th Year (opens in new window/tab)

For the 16th time, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. Now in its 26th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.

2025 Citywide Volunteers of the Year
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Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) values and promotes active engagement of the community in all our schools. The Office of Family and Community Engagement coordinates many volunteer opportunities for community members to interact and contribute to the academic achievement of our students and the overall continuous improvement of VBCPS.

2025-26 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board
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The Virginia Beach School Board received information about proposed federal grant applications at its May 13 meeting. For the 2025-26 school year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) would receive approximately $21.6 million in formula grant funds through programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

Budget: End-of-Year Unspent/Unencumbered Funds 3-11

School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 3-11

BUSINESS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

Budget: End-of-Year Unspent/Unencumbered Funds

  1. Generally

    All general funds not encumbered or spent by the end of the fiscal year (June 30) shall be considered to be funds for the fiscal year. Upon their re-appropriation by City Council to the School Board for the next fiscal year, such surplus funds may be used for the following purposes:

    1. To provide bonuses to employees pursuant to an approved "gainsharing" program designed to reward employees for their contribution to any cost-saving measures that result in a year-end surplus;
    2. To make any expenditure toward the purchase of a capital item;
    3. To make any expenditure toward an approved and funded capital project;
    4. To fund items of a non-recurring nature that were included in a School Board-approved school operating budget, but for which the City Council-approved budget did not include sufficient funding; and/or
    5. To provide supplemental funding for the Special Reserve Fund established pursuant to School Board Policy 3-28.
    6. To reduce future debt service costs.

Legal Reference

Code of Virginia § 22.1-100, as amended. Unexpended school and educational funds.

Related Links

School Board Policy 3-28

Adopted by School Board: February 16, 1993
Amended by School Board: May 6, 1997
Amended by School Board: February 8, 2022