
2025-2026 Calendar
Aug
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4 Advisor Training - Fairfax High School
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11 -22 Piper Sandler Taking Stock with Teens Fall Survey
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20-21 DECA Inc. New Advisor Basic Training (Virtual)
Sep
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8 Stock Market Game Begins
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15 DLC Instructional Areas Announced
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15-16 VA DECA CAMP DECA, Skelton 4-H Center, Wirtz, VA
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17 Advisor Training, Skelton 4-H Center, Wirtz, VA
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18 Advisor Training, Richmond, VA (TBD)
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18 DECA Day at the Tides
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19-20 - Board of Trustees Meeting - Richmond, VA
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22 State Fair Competition Registration Due Online
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30 Activate Your Chapter Incentive Deadline
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30 Virtual Business Challenge Registration begins
Oct
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29-3 School-Based Enterprise Week
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1 DECA Day at State Fair
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3 Advisor Statement of Compliance Due
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9-11 DECA AMPED Advisor Professional Learning Conference, CA
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15 The Ultimate DECA Power Trip Registration Due
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14-24 Virtual Business Challenge Round 1
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16, 21, 22, or 23 Sports Business Day Commanders
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30 DECA Inc Executive Officer Interest Form Due to VA DECA Board of Trustees
Nov
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1 SLC Housing Form Due
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12 VA DECA Day
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15 Initial Online Membership Roster Due
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17-23 Global Entrepreneurship Week
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21-23 The Ultimate Power Trip, Arlington, VA
Dec
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1 SBE Certification Portal Opens
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1 Chapter Campaigns + Membership Campaigns Due to DECA
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1 SLC Registration Opens
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2 Sports + Entertainment Conference Registration Due
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2 VA DECA Blazer Challenge Deadline
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5 VA DECA DAY Submission Due Online
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5 Honor and Merit Applications Due
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5 Stock Market Game Ends
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9 -12 ACTE CareerTech VISION, Nashville, TN
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12 VA DECA Scholarship Applications Due
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15 VA DECA State Officer Applications Due
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19 Last Day for DLC
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31 Membership Deadline for determining # of SLC Voting Delegates
Jan
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9 Virginia DECA Diamond Fund - Form Due
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9 DECA Inc. Student Scholarship Apps Due
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13 School-based Enterprise Certification Due
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13-14 VA DECA Diamond Fund Awards announced
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13-23 Virtual Business Challenge Round 2
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14-16 VACTE Conference, Richmond
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16 VA DECA Membership submitted/Paid SLC Eligibility
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16 SLC Registration Closes
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16 Individual SBE Certification Completed - to be SLC recognized
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20 DECA Inc. Advisor Scholarship Applications Due
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20 Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award Due
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20 Friend of DECA Award due
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20 Annual Report Due
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28-Feb 1 Sports Marketing & Entertainment Conference Orlando
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29-31 State Officer Planning Meeting, Richmond
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30-31 SLC Planning Meeting, Richmond
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30 VA DECA POL Chapter Form Due
Feb
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2 SLC Payment Due
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2 Emerging Leader Honor Award Applications Due to DECA
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2 Written Events Due Online
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9-13 SLC Online Testing Window
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TBD Piper Sandler Taking Stock with Teens Spring Survey
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15 ICDC Competitors’ Final Membership Eligibility
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16-19 VA DECA Scholarship Finalist Interviews
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27-March 1 State Leadership Conference VA Beach, Va
Mar
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2 Advocacy Campaign Due DECA Inc.
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2 Executive Officer Applications Due to DECA Inc.
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2-13 ICDC Registration Window
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13 Last day for ICDC drops or subs.
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25 ICDC Qualifying Written Entry Submissions Open
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30 ICDC Blazer Order Deadline
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31 DECA Emerging Leader Honor Award Applications Due
Apr
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1 ICDC Payment Due
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New State Action Team Orientation TBD
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8 ICDC Qualifying Written Entry Submissions Due Online
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25-28 DECA ICDC Atlanta, GA
May
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1-2 VA DECA Board of Trustees Meeting
Jun
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