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November 10, 2020
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<br /> Current Revised
<br />FY 2021 Re-Appropriation of FY FY 2021
<br />Category Appropriation 2020 Funds Appropriation
<br />FY 2021 Grants
<br />Fund (total) $19,490,538 $8,257,914 $27,748,452
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<br />Financial Impact:
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<br /> This is a re-appropriation of unexpended FY 2020 PPS Grants Fund dollars.
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<br /> The FY 2021 PPS Grants Fund Budget will increase by $8,257,914.
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<br />Staff Recommends:
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<br /> Adoption of the ordinance.
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<br />Next Steps Following Council Action:
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<br /> The City and PPS Finance Departments will complete the necessary budget
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<br />adjustments.
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<br />Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to adopt the following
<br />ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />“ORDINANCE TO RE-APPROPRIATE UNEXPENDED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
<br />$8,257,914 FROM THE FY 2020 PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRANTS FUND
<br />BUDGET TO THE FY 2021 PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRANTS FUND
<br />BUDGET.”
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<br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br />20 - 277 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting CARES Act funding in the amount of
<br />$7,930,124 from the Virginia Department of Education and appropriating the said
<br />amount into the FY 2021 Portsmouth Public Schools Grants Fund Budget.
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<br />Background:
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<br /> On May 12, 2020, City Council appropriated $19,059,930 to the FY 2021 Grants
<br />Fund for the Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS).
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<br /> On September 8, 2020, City Council appropriated an additional $430,608 that
<br />originally had been appropriated to the FY 2020 PPS Grants Fund Budget but was not
<br />expended before July 1, 2020. This increased the total FY 2021 PPS Grants Fund Budget
<br />appropriation to $19,490,538.
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<br /> On October 8, 2020, the Portsmouth School Board adopted a Resolution
<br />requesting that City Council re-appropriate an additional $8,257,914 that originally had
<br />been appropriated to the FY 2020 PPS Grants Fund Budget but was not expended before
<br />July 1, 2020. City Council will consider the requested appropriation ordinance as part of
<br />the November 10, 2020 agenda. If approved, the ordinance will increase the total FY
<br />2021 PPS Grants Fund Budget appropriation to $27,748,452.
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<br /> On October 22, 2020, the Portsmouth School Board adopted a Resolution
<br />requesting that the City Council appropriate the amount of $7,930,124 in new funding
<br />under the federal CARES Act from the Virginia Department of Education.
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<br />Discussion:
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<br /> The Portsmouth Public Schools received three allocations of CARES Funds
<br />totaling $7,930,124. The breakdown is as follows:
<br /> Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds -
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<br />$5,351,724;
<br /> ESSER and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds - $251,302;
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<br />and
<br /> Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) - $2,327,098
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<br /> The following table shows the impact of the proposed appropriation to the FY 2021
<br />PPS Grants Fund:
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