Jan 8, 2026 · Business Meeting

What was decided · How each member voted

• Election Of Board Officers Mr. Hansen made a motion to elect Mrs. Ashton as President. Mrs. Ashton accepted the nomination. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously, with Dr. Ackerman abstaining from the vote. · Carried unanimously, with an abstention recorded (see text) Official minutes (PDF)
• 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 Mr. Monk motioned to approve the December 2025 meeting minutes of the Board as presented. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Consent agenda Dr. Northern made a motion to approve the items on the consent agenda. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item I Final Review of Guidelines for Selecting Parent Materials Related to Student Safety Concerns: 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 J First and Final Review of Board of Education Annual Report on the Conditions and Needs of Public Schools in the Commonwealth: 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 K First and Final Review of Revisions and Reallocation of SCAP FY25 Unused Funds Christine P. Berta, Chief Operations Officer, and Vijay Ramnarain, Director, Office of Support Services, presented this item to the Board. The material for this item can be found on the Board’s: 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 L First and Final Review of the Board of Education Approved Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements for the Standard and Advanced Studies Diplomas: Mr. Carraway 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 M First and Final Review of Final Stage of Repeal of Background Checks for Child Day Programs and Family Day Systems (8VAC20-770): Dr. Northern 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 N First and Final Review of Fast-Track Regulatory Action to Implement Provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) for the Reading Specialist Endorsement.: 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 O First Review Proposed Amendments to the Board of Education Comprehensive Plan: 20242029: Mr. Green made a motion to delegate to the Board President and Superintendent the ability to make final edits consistent with input gathered through the Board’s prior conversations, public comment, and listening sessions. · Result not stated in the minutes Official minutes (PDF)

• Minutes, Jan 8, 2026 (Town Hall PDF)
• Town Hall meeting page
• 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

• 00:17:14

  Item K First and Final Review of Revisions and Reallocation of SCAP FY25 Unused Funds Christine P. … (discussion near here)“Thank you. With Mrs. Creasy's departure, the board has some business to attend to at the beginning of this meeting, and i have a few clarifying remarks on the board's procedures per the current …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:56:14

  Public comment period“recognize our students and our employees and our schools and also the schools themselves so just a great reminder of what we're here for so that's great we will now turn to public comment as stated …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:59:57

  Item R First Review of an Amendment to Virginia’s Consolidated State Plan (discussion near here)“in teacher licensure options so that we can ensure school districts can have a high quality teacher in every classroom finally we appreciate the first review of the amendment to virginia's …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:08:31

  Item G School and Student Supports (discussion near here)“They are designed for all students, use common state assessments, rubrics, and anchor documents, and provide meaningful performance-based evaluation that supports inquiry-driven instruction. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:13:30

  Item A Final Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendent of Schools (discussion near here)“And the first item is our consent agenda and final review to certify a list of qualified persons for the Office of Division Superintendents of Schools. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:15:37

  Item B Virginia Department of Education Organization Structure Update; (discussion near here)“um well thank you uh we've been continuously updating the board on the transformation at the department and so i'm going to start with a few opening remarks and then you'll hear directly from the …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:24:56

  Item D Small Learning Communities; (discussion near here)“This office will focus on transforming public education through innovative student-centered approaches, but also expanding opportunities to increase flexibility and delivering measurable results for …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 01:49:30

  Item N First and Final Review of Fast-Track Regulatory Action to Implement Provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) for the Reading … (discussion near here)“This body has, in the last four years, completely overhauled those Child Day Center regulations and with the goal of implementing that next year to kind of focus on using the most recent research on …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:03:06

  Item C Executive Order 19 Regulatory Reduction; (discussion near here)“Thank you. President Ashton, if she's still on, Vice President Hanson, members of the board, Superintendent I am so excited to be here to present the final results of the Executive Order 19 …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:22:29

  Item E Student Enrollment Best Practices Toolkit; (discussion near here)“large school systems and large schools and to personalize student learning environments. At its core this small learning community model organizes and supports students and educators in small …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 03:00:02

  Item F College Partnership Lab Schools Update; and (discussion near here)“little bit more prominent way thank you any other questions or comments well again thank you and appreciate the work and the update and just all the commentary as well as it's going to be an ongoing …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 04:23:03

  Item P First Review of Revised Board-Approved Textbook and High-Quality Instructional Materials Process (discussion near here)“schools either they still got awards as well because we want to ensure that we are still increasing and enhancing effective practices across the state so that was the literacy grant there has been 10 …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

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