Over the past several years, the City of Miami Beach has expanded free afterschool enrichment programs at Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8, Biscayne Beach Elementary, and Miami Beach Senior High School to support various components of the Miami Beach Education Compact. The Education Compact reflects the desire of the Miami Beach community to support excellence in education in the City’s public schools and is an investment in the overall enhancement of education for the City’s residents.
As a result of the City’s Education Compact with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the City has expanded free afterschool school enrichment at select public schools in order to expand educational opportunities for Miami Beach youth. The afterschool enrichment Rock Ensemble program at Miami Beach Senior High School may provide public and private performances at various venues.
Per Resolution 2021-31537 donations for these performances by the City’s Rock Ensemble afterschool enrichment should be received by the City of Miami Beach to support the needs of the Rock Ensemble including but not limited to musical equipment, uniforms, competition registration fees, and transportation needs of the Rock Ensemble afterschool youth participants each year. Per Resolution 2022-32064 authorized a grant to Young Musicians Unite, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $30,000 to support the Miami Beach Senior High School Rock Ensemble afterschool program for the 2021-22 school year and subsequent school years.
The City and Young Musicians Unite, Inc. executed a grant agreement which allows for Young Musicians Unite, Inc. to receive monetary donations in support of the Rock Ensemble and disclose such donations to the City per terms of the grant agreement each quarter and allocate such donations to support the Rock Ensemble within the school year funds are collected and apply such funds to the approved budget.