March 26-27, 2025

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Virginia Board of Education Public Notice - March 26-27, 2025

The Virginia Board of Education will convene on Wednesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 27, 2025, for its monthly meetings. The Wednesday, March 26, 2025, meeting will convene at 9:00 a.m. in the Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Library of Virginia (800 E. Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219) and go into a closed meeting under § 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia. The closed meeting will not be livestreamed. Board of Education members will break for lunch, and the public may attend. No votes will be taken during lunch. The Board will convene in a work session in the Lecture Hall at the conclusion of the closed meeting or lunch. The work session will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel. The Thursday, March 27, 2025, meeting will be held in the Lecture Hall on the first floor of the Library of Virginia (800 E. Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219). All meetings, except closed sessions, are open to the public and will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel.

The Board president reserves the right to change this schedule depending upon the time constraints during the meetings.

March 26, 2025

• The Board will convene in a business session in the Lecture Hall, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of convening this meeting is for the Board to go into executive session under Virginia Code § 2.2-3711. Public comment will not be accepted during this time.
• Board of Education members will break for lunch. No votes will be taken, and it is open to the public.
• The Board will convene in a work session in the Lecture Hall after the business session or lunch. Public comment will not be accepted during the work session.

March 27, 2025

• The Board of Education will hold its monthly business meeting in the Lecture Hall, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Public comment will be accepted.
• The Board of Education will accept public comment in advance of the meeting through the Board of Education Comment Form. This form collects public comments for review by the members of the Board. The Board accepts comments from the public on all matters related to public education in Virginia. Comments may be submitted at any time but will be collected and shared with Board members as part of the meeting materials for its next scheduled business meeting.
• Members of the public may signup to address the Board at one of its scheduled business meetings by using the Board of Education Public Comment Sign-Up Form. Requests to address the Board should be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. the day before the scheduled business meeting but may be requested at the meeting at the discretion of the President.
• For all meetings, persons are encouraged to print items of interest as hard copies will not be available at the meeting site. Wi-Fi is available in the meeting room.

Please note that the Library of Virginia opens at 8:30 a.m.

If you have any questions, please contact Board staff at boe@doe.virginia.gov.

Business Session Agenda – Wednesday, March 26, 2025

9:00 a.m. Full Board Convenes**

Executive Session

Adjournment

** The purpose of convening this meeting is for the board to go into executive session under § 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia. Public comment will not be accepted at this time.

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Work Session Agenda – Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Video | Minutes

Welcome and Opening Comments

• The meeting will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel.

Discussion Items

• Item A: Update on History Social Sciences Instructional Guides
  • Item A - Presentation
• Item B: Standard Setting TAC and VDOE Update
• Item C: Extended Closures and Waivers

Lunch with Regional Teachers of the Year 

Concluding Remarks and Adjournment

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Business Session Agenda – Thursday, March 27, 2025

 Video | Minutes

9:00 a.m. Full Board Convenes

• The meeting will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel.

Moment of Silence

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of the Agenda

Approval of Minutes

• Minutes from the February 26-27, 2025, Meeting of the Board of Education

Student Performance

Public Comment*

Consent Agenda

Action/Discussion Items

• Item B: Final Review of Seat-Time Flexibility Notice
  • Item B - Attachment 1
• Item C: Final Review of Virginia Literacy Act Intervention Instructional Program Guide and Supplemental Instructional Program Guide
  • Item C - Attachment 1
  • Item C - Attachment 2
  • Item C - Attachment 3

• Item D: Final Review of Additional Proposed State Approved Textbooks and Instructional Materials for K-12 Mathematics
  • Item D - Attachment 1
  • Item D - Attachment 2
  • Item D - Attachment 3
• Item E: Final Review of Mastery Level/Standard Setting Review Process
• Item F: Final Review of Proposed Stage to Align 8VAC20-671 with Item 130.H of Chapter 2 of the Acts of the Assembly 2022 Special Session I
  • Item F - Attachment 1
  • Item F - Attachment 2
• Item G: First and Final Review of Recommendation Regarding Literary Loan Applications Approval for Release of Loan Funds
  • Item G - Attachment 1
  • Item G - Attachment 2
  • Item G - Attachment 3
• Item H: First and Final Review of Regulatory Reduction of 8VAC20-70 
  • Item H - Attachment 1
  • Item H - Attachment 2
• Item I: First and Final Review of Amendments to References to the Virginia Standards of Accreditation
  • Item I - Attachment 1
  • Item I - Attachment 2
• Item J: First and Final Review of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure’s Recommendation to Approve New Education (Endorsement) Programs
• Item K: First Review of Regulatory Actions Following Periodic Reviews of Regulations 
  • Item K - Attachment 1
  • Item K - Attachment 2
• Item L: First and Final Review of Board Resolution for Region II Recovery School

Presentations and Written Reports

• Item M: Written Update on the Commonwealth of Virginia's Critical Shortage Teaching Endorsement Areas for the 2025-2026 School Year

Discussion of Current Issues – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction

Adjournment

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*Guidelines for Public Comment

The Board of Education will provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the Board at its meetings, as appropriate, during the public comment portion of the meeting. Written public comment will continue to be accepted through the Board of Education Comment Form.

At its regular meetings, members of the public may address the Board during the public comment portion of the meeting on any matter related to public education which includes the actions of the Board. During the public comment portion of any committee of the Board or any advisory committee of the Board, the Board requests that members of the public only address the committee on matters on the committee’s published agenda and any matters added to the agenda during the meeting by the committee.

Requests to address the Board or one of its committees during the public comment portion of the meeting shall include the subject to be discussed and the name of the speaker.

Requests to address the Board or one of its committees during the public comment portion of the meeting should be submitted to the Department of Education in advance of the meeting, but may be submitted the day of the meeting, at the discretion of the President or committee chairperson. In honoring such requests, the Board will limit such comments to three minutes for each speaker at the discretion of the President or committee chairperson.

The Board President or committee chairperson may, in his or her discretion, extend the public comment portion of the meeting, allocate the time available for public comment, adjust the order of speakers, or take other reasonable measures to ensure that the Board hears multiple views on any matter presented to the Board.