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2025-2026 Calendar

Aug

  • 4 Advisor Training - Fairfax High School

  • 11 -22 Piper Sandler Taking Stock with Teens Fall Survey

  • 20-21 DECA Inc. New Advisor Basic Training (Virtual)

Sep

  • 8 Stock Market Game Begins 

  • 15 DLC Instructional Areas Announced

  • 15-16 VA DECA CAMP DECA, Skelton 4-H Center, Wirtz, VA

  • 17 Advisor Training, Skelton 4-H Center, Wirtz, VA

  • 18 Advisor Training, Richmond, VA (TBD)

  • 18 DECA Day at the Tides

  • 19-20 - Board of Trustees Meeting - Richmond, VA

  • 22 State Fair Competition Registration Due Online

  • 30 Activate Your Chapter Incentive Deadline

  • 30 Virtual Business Challenge Registration begins

Oct

  • 29-3 School-Based Enterprise Week

  • 1 DECA Day at State Fair

  • 3 Advisor Statement of Compliance Due 

  • 9-11 DECA AMPED Advisor Professional Learning Conference, CA

  • 15 The Ultimate DECA Power Trip Registration Due

  • 14-24 Virtual Business Challenge Round 1 

  • 16, 21, 22, or 23 Sports Business Day Commanders

  • 30 DECA Inc Executive Officer Interest Form Due to VA DECA Board of Trustees 

Nov

  • 1  SLC Housing Form Due

  • 12 VA DECA Day

  • 15 Initial Online Membership Roster Due

  • 17-23 Global Entrepreneurship Week

  • 21-23 The Ultimate Power Trip, Arlington, VA

Dec

  • 1 SBE Certification Portal Opens

  • 1 Chapter Campaigns + Membership Campaigns Due to DECA

  • 1 SLC Registration Opens

  • 2 Sports + Entertainment Conference Registration Due

  • 2 VA DECA Blazer Challenge Deadline  

  • 5 VA DECA DAY Submission Due Online

  • 5 Honor and Merit Applications Due 

  • 5 Stock Market Game Ends

  • 9 -12 ACTE CareerTech VISION, Nashville, TN

  • 12 VA DECA Scholarship Applications Due

  • 15 VA DECA State Officer Applications Due 

  • 19 Last Day for DLC

  • 31 Membership Deadline for determining # of SLC Voting Delegates

Jan

  • 9 Virginia DECA Diamond Fund - Form Due

  • 9 DECA Inc. Student Scholarship Apps Due

  • 13  School-based Enterprise Certification Due

  • 13-14 VA DECA Diamond Fund Awards announced

  • 13-23 Virtual Business Challenge Round 2

  • 14-16 VACTE Conference, Richmond

  • 16 VA DECA Membership submitted/Paid SLC Eligibility

  • 16 SLC Registration Closes 

  • 16 Individual SBE Certification Completed - to be SLC recognized 

  • 20 DECA Inc. Advisor Scholarship Applications Due

  • 20 Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award Due

  • 20 Friend of DECA Award due

  • 20 Annual Report Due

  • 28-Feb 1 Sports Marketing & Entertainment Conference Orlando

  • 29-31 State Officer Planning Meeting, Richmond 

  • 30-31 SLC Planning Meeting, Richmond

  • 30 VA DECA POL Chapter Form Due

Feb

  • 2 SLC Payment Due

  • 2 Emerging Leader Honor Award Applications Due to DECA

  • 2 Written Events Due Online

  • 9-13 SLC Online Testing Window

  • TBD Piper Sandler Taking Stock with Teens Spring Survey

  • 15 ICDC Competitors’ Final Membership Eligibility

  • 16-19 VA DECA Scholarship Finalist Interviews

  • 27-March 1 State Leadership Conference  VA Beach, Va

Mar

  • 2 Advocacy Campaign Due DECA Inc.

  • 2 Executive Officer Applications Due to DECA Inc.

  • 2-13 ICDC Registration Window

  • 13 Last day for ICDC drops or subs.

  • 25 ICDC Qualifying Written Entry Submissions Open

  • 30 ICDC Blazer Order Deadline

  • 31 DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award Applications Due 

Apr

  • 1  ICDC Payment Due

  • New State Action Team Orientation TBD

  • 8 ICDC Qualifying Written Entry Submissions Due Online

  • 25-28 DECA ICDC Atlanta, GA

May

  • 1-2  VA DECA Board of Trustees Meeting

Jun

Enjoy your Summer!

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