Jun 25, 2026 · Business Meeting (Part 2)

What was decided · How each member voted

• Approval Of The Agenda Dr. Bridges motioned to approve the agenda. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Approval Of Minutes Mr. Hansen motioned to approve the April 2026 meeting minutes of the Board as presented. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Consent agenda Dr. Wilson 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 C Final Review of Divisions Eligible to Exit a Memorandum of Understanding with the Virginia Board of Education: 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 D Final Review of Guidelines for 2026-2027 of the Early Childhood Unified Measurement and Improvement System (VQB5): Mr. Robinson 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 E Final Review of Virginia Textbook and High-Quality Instructional Materials Process: Mrs. McPherson 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 Final Review of Revisions to Guidelines for the School Construction Assistance Program for the 2024-2026 Biennium: Dr. Bridges 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 Final Review of Virginia’s School Accreditation System Report for School Year 2025-2026: 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 H Final Review of Amendment IX to Virginia’s ESSA Consolidated State Plan: Dr. Bridges 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 I First Review of Assessment and Accountability Roadmap: Proficiency Implementation Plan and School Performance and Support Framework 2026-2027 Update: Mr. Hansen made a motion to adopt items 2, 3, 4, and 5 from the item as presented to the Board on first and final review. The motion was properly seconded. Mrs. McPherson, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Kilgore, and Mrs. Ashton voted yes on the motion. Dr. Bridges, Dr. Northern, Dr. Wilson, and Mr. Robinson voted no on the motion. The motion failed for lack of a majority. · Failed (see minutes for the recorded vote) Official minutes (PDF)
• Closed session Mr. Hansen made a motion to enter into a Closed Session in accordance with § 2.2-3711(A) of the Code of Virginia, under the following enumerated subsection: Subsection 8: Consultation with counsel regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice. And that legal counsel to the Virginia Board of Education, as well staff members, whose presence would aid in this matter, participate in the closed meeting. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
• Item I First Review of Assessment and Accountability Roadmap: Proficiency Implementation Plan and School Performance and Support Framework 2026-2027 Update: Mr. Hansen made a motion to hear item 1 from Item I on first and final review. The motion was properly seconded and carried with an eight to one majority in favor. Dr. Bridges voted no on the motion. · Carried (see minutes for the recorded vote) Official minutes (PDF)
• Item I First Review of Assessment and Accountability Roadmap: Proficiency Implementation Plan and School Performance and Support Framework 2026-2027 Update: Mr. Hansen made a motion to reject the staff recommendation on item 1 in Item I. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously with Dr. Bridges abstaining from the vote. The Board accepted items 2, 3, 4 and 5 from Item I for first review. · Carried unanimously, with an abstention recorded (see text) Official minutes (PDF)
• Item J First and Final Review of Recommendations Regarding Literary Fund Loan Applications Approval for Release of Loan Funds: Mrs. Kilgore made a motion to waive first review and 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 Appointments to Board of Education Advisory Committees: The Board waived first review and the motion was carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)

• Minutes, Jun 25, 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.

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• 00:00:50

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• 00:13:02

  Public comment period“So since we presented to you in April, we did open up officially the public comment period. Again, we've been talking through this throughout the year and presentations to associations, …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

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  Item I First Review of Assessment and Accountability Roadmap: Proficiency Implementation Plan and School Performance and Support Framework … (discussion near here)“looking at those schools and how they would score using the prior system to using the value tables here so as i shared 97 of our respondents did support the use of value tables some of the feedback …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 00:37:21

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• 00:55:48

  Item D Final Review of Guidelines for 2026-2027 of the Early Childhood Unified Measurement and Improvement System (VQB5) (discussion near here)“in addition to um you know the great discussion we had yesterday is that you know we are really trying to think about everything that's in our measurement system as a cohesive role and how it …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:00:55

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• 02:13:23

  Item A Final Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendent of Schools (discussion near here)“I WOULD GO WITH THE CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY. I THINK THIS COULD BE DONE IN A MANNER WITH SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AND THE BOARD TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND COME BACK IN the august …” (machine-transcribed; check the video)Copy link𝕏 Post

• 02:28:21

  Motion and vote. See the official minutes for the recorded result.Copy link𝕏 Post

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