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Portsmouth council reappropriates $45.4 million in school grant funds, approves additional transfers and tourism grants

5347317 · June 25, 2025
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The Portsmouth City Council on June 10 voted unanimously to reappropriate $45,441,964 in unspent federal grant funds for Portsmouth Public Schools and to appropriate $2,789,480 in new federal school grants, while also approving several smaller transfers and tourism grants.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Portsmouth City Council on June 10 voted unanimously to move large federal school grant dollars into the fiscal 2025 budget and approved several related budgetary actions.

The council adopted an ordinance to reappropriate $45,441,964 in unexpended federal grant funds from the FY2024 Portsmouth Public Schools grant fund to the FY2025 grant fund and to appropriate $2,789,480 in new federal grant funds to the FY2025 schools grant budget. The motion passed on a 6–0 vote.

That action was the largest financial item on a slate of…

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