Virginia · Board of Education

Sep 24, 2026 · Business Meeting

Virginia Board of Education · Business Meeting · video 2h 27m · VDOE YouTube

What was decided · How each member voted

  • Approval Of The Agenda Mr. Robinson 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 August 2026 meeting minutes of the Board as presented. The motion was properly seconded and carried unanimously. · Carried unanimously Official minutes (PDF)
  • Consent agenda Mr. Robinson 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 the Changes Resulting from the Periodic Review of Chapter 740 Regulations Governing Nutritional Standards for Competitive Foods Available for Sale in Public Schools: Dr. Wilson 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 Plan to Re-Establish Advisory Committee on Adult Education and Literacy: 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 E Final Review of Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments: Dr. Wilson 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 a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) to the Virginia Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-132) to Enable Consideration of JLARC Recommendations on the School Performance and Support Framework (SPSF): Dr. Wilson 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)

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

  • 00:08:45

    Call to order“Good morning. It is 9:00 AM, and I will now call this meeting to order. As is customary for this board, we will begin our meeting with a moment of silence, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 00:28:17

    Item F First and Final Review of a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) to the Virginia Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-132) to Enable … (discussion near here)“First, around the issuance of notice of the Intended Regulatory Action, or NORA. Bass appreciates you beginning the NORA process to address the JLARC recommendations around the school performance and …” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 00:37:11

    Item E Final Review of Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments (discussion near here)“today. On behalf of VSBA, we respectfully submit the following feedback around today's agenda. First, the final review of guidelines for local alternative assessments. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 00:57:04

    Item C Final Review of the Changes Resulting from the Periodic Review of Chapter 740 Regulations Governing Nutritional Standards for Competitive … (discussion near here)“board superintendent conway i keep my remarks very brief on this item only just to emphasize that there's been no changes since the board heard this on first review and also to highlight once more …” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 00:59:19

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

  • 01:01:07

    Presentation or new topic begins“are not working. Let's go into the next item. Nope, that's the next one. Pause. Let's see the architect support can get us to the next slide. I'm having to walk through it on my own. Good.” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 01:04:21

    Presentation or new topic begins“We're instead going to do a local alternative assessment. And here's what they're often performance-based assessments with projects and things like that given throughout the year. …” (machine-transcribed; check the video) Post

  • 01:24:20

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

  • 02:00:22

    Recess or reconvene Post

  • 02:26:27

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

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On the agenda

Lettered items as recorded in the official minutes. Not results.

Consent Agenda

  • AFinal Review to Certify a List of Qualified Persons for the Office of Division Superintendent of Schools
  • BFinal Review of the Board of Education Policy on All-Virtual Public Meetings of Committees Established by Law

Action/Discussion Items

  • CFinal Review of the Changes Resulting from the Periodic Review of Chapter 740 Regulations Governing Nutritional Standards for Competitive Foods Available for Sale in Public Schools
  • DFinal Review of Plan to Re-Establish Advisory Committee on Adult Education and Literacy
  • EFinal Review of Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments
  • FFirst and Final Review of a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) to the Virginia Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-132) to Enable Consideration of JLARC Recommendations on the School Performance and Support Framework (SPSF)