Nov 13, 2025 · Business Meeting

What was decided · How each member voted

• Approval Of The Agenda Mr. Green motioned to approve the agenda. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Approval Of Minutes Mrs. Kilgore motioned to approve the October 2025 meeting minutes of the Board as presented. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item A Final Review of Virginia Literacy Act Intervention Instructional Program Guides and Supplemental Instructional Program Guides: Mrs. Ashton made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item B First and Final Review of Recommendations Regarding Literary Fund Loan Applications Approval for the Release of Loan Funds Christina P. Berta, Chief Operations Officer, presented this item to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s page on the VDOE website.: Mr. Green made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item C First and Final Review of Proficiency Implementation Plan Tiara Booker-Dwyer, Deputy Superintendent of Student Outcomes and School Quality, presented this item to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s page on the VDOE website.: Mrs. Ashton made a motion to waive first review and approve that the 2025-2026 school year will be a preparation year with no changes to cut scores for the Spring 2026 assessments. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item E First and Final Review of Timelines for Standards of Learning Reviews: Fine Arts, Health, Family Life Education, and Digital Learning Integration: Mrs. Kilgore made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item F First and Final Review of Proposed 2025 Prescriptions on the Standards of Quality: Mr. Monk made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item G First and Final Review of Appointments to the Early Childhood Advisory Committee: Mrs. Ashton made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item K First and Final Review of Revisions to the 2025 Board of Education Meeting Dates to Add December 10, 2025: Mr. Monk made a motion to approve the item as presented to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s page on the VDOE website. The Board heard the remainder of Item J: Performance Tasks Overview & Next Steps, which began at the November 12, 2025 work session. · Result not stated in the minutes Official minutes (PDF)

• Minutes, Nov 13, 2025 (Town Hall PDF)
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• VDOE Board meetings, agendas and minutes

Source: official minutes posted by VDOE on Virginia Regulatory Town Hall. Motion text is quoted; where the minutes give a roll call or names, it appears in the quoted text. Teacher-license cases are counted, not named.

Moments worth watching

• 00:12:10

  Call to order“Good morning. It's 9.05. I will now call this meeting to order, and as is customary for this board, we'll begin our meeting with a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:38:08

  Public comment period“one and teaching at the same time and i can tell you that is a true commitment um and dedication both to your wife um and to supporting education across virginia so not just your wife deserving of …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:52:08

  Item D First Review of College Partnership Laboratory School Contract Modifications Dewayne J. … (discussion near here)“Narrowed instruction, increased anxiety, reduced opportunities for deep learning, and fewer pathways for students to demonstrate what they truly know. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:53:38

  Item C First and Final Review of Proficiency Implementation Plan Tiara Booker-Dwyer, Deputy Superintendent of Student Outcomes and School Quality, … (discussion near here)“I urge the board to pause implementation long enough to ensure that we build an accountability system that reflects the values we share and the outcomes we want for every student in the the …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:47:29

  Item A Final Review of Virginia Literacy Act Intervention Instructional Program Guides and Supplemental Instructional Program Guides (discussion near here)“And then you'll see in these slides, we talked about a profile of a graduate, the five C's. And we talked about the importance of civic responsibility, engagement, again, the five C's around …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:33:25

  Item I First Review of Recommendation to Reestablish the Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee (discussion near here)“again shouldn't be brand new it's something we've been talking about i'll move now there's a committee that's going to be meeting in a couple weeks uh we have an alternate access test this is for …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:46:59

  Item B First and Final Review of Recommendations Regarding Literary Fund Loan Applications Approval for the Release of Loan Funds Christina P. … (discussion near here)“Hi. Dr. Northern. Hi. Ms. McPherson. Hi. Ms. Kilgore. Hi. Ms. Ashton. Mr. Monk. Hi. And chair votes aye. Thank you very much, Dr. Wallace. We are up for Ms. Berta. Good morning. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:53:02

  Item E First and Final Review of Timelines for Standards of Learning Reviews: Fine Arts, Health, Family Life Education, and Digital Learning … (discussion near here)“code of virginia requires the board of education to review and revise the standards of learning at least once every seven years this statutory mandate ensures that virginia's standards remain …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:55:50

  Item G First and Final Review of Appointments to the Early Childhood Advisory Committee (discussion near here)“SO WE'RE GOING TO HOP TO ITEM G, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE, MR. CHATMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT CREASY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT GULLICKSON. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:57:20

  Item K First and Final Review of Revisions to the 2025 Board of Education Meeting Dates to Add December 10, 2025 (discussion near here)“So item K, what we're asking at the request of the board president is a slight modification to the board's regular meeting schedule for 2025, which we are coming to the end and certainly very …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:33:52

  Item F First and Final Review of Proposed 2025 Prescriptions on the Standards of Quality (discussion near here)“the board's standards of quality prescriptions, and there was diligent work done overnight to accommodate the board's um edits and amendments and um that amended document is up on um the website and …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:46:40

  Item H First Review of NOIRA to Add an Early Childhood Special Education Add-On Endorsement in 8VAC20-23 (discussion near here)“Gullickson. Today I bring to you a first review of a notice of intended regulatory action to add a special education early childhood add-on endorsement. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

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