November 12-13, 2025

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Virginia Board of Education Public Notice - November 12-13, 2025

The Virginia Board of Education will convene on Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13, 2025, for its monthly meetings in the Lipman Auditorium at the Massey Library Technology Center at Reynolds Community College (Parham Rd. Campus;  1651 E Parham Rd, Richmond, VA 23228). At the November 12 meeting, the Board will convene in a work session. The work session will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel. Board of Education members will break for lunch, and the public may attend. No votes will be taken during lunch. The Board will go into a closed meeting under § 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia. The closed meeting will not be livestreamed. The November 13 meeting will be livestreamed on the VDOE YouTube channel The closed session for legal issues will not be livestreamed.

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

November 12, 2025

• The Board will convene in a work session at 9:00 a.m. in the Lipman Auditorium. 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 business session in the Lipman Auditorium after the work session or lunch. 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.

November 13, 2025

• The Board of Education will hold its monthly business meeting in the Lipman Auditorium, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Public comment will be accepted.
• Board of Education members will break for lunch. No votes will be taken, and it is open to the public.
• 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 Massey Library Technology Center opens at 8:30 a.m.

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

Work Session Agenda – Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Video | Draft Minutes

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

Welcome and Opening Comments

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

Discussion Items

• Item A: Discussion of Board’s 2025 Prescriptions on the Standards of Quality: Universal Screening for Gifted and Advanced Learners
  • Item A: Attachment 1
• Item B: Virginia K-12 Student Enrollment Overview
• Item C: Virginia College Partnership Lab School Network Overview and Proposed Contract Modifications in partnership with Dr. Karen Sanzo, Executive Director of Old Dominion University’s Center for Educational Innovation and Opportunity
  • Item C - Attachment 1
  • Item C - Attachment 2
• Item D: Spotlight of Excellence: Imagine Learning & Superintendent Region 7 Teacher Partnerships
• Item E: VOEE High Demand Occupations Methodology featuring Wendy Kang, Executive Director of Virginia Office of Education Economics
• Item F: Perkins Plan Update and Next Steps
• Item G: EdFlex and Waiver Updates
• Item H: Overview of Supports for Students with Disabilities
  • Item H - Attachment 1
• Item I: Memorandum of Understanding: History and Proposed Modifications
  • Item I - Attachment 1
  • Item I - Attachment 2
  • Item I - Attachment 3
  • Item I - Attachment 4
  • Item I - Attachment 5
  • Item I - Attachment 6
• Item J: Performance Tasks Overview & Next Steps
• Item K: ESSA Update

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Business Session Agenda – Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Executive Session*

Closed Session for Legal Issues and Licensure Cases

Concluding Remarks and 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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Business Session Agenda – Thursday, November 13, 2025

Video | Draft Minutes

9:00 a.m. Full Board Convenes

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

Moment of Silence

Pledge of Allegiance

Remarks From the President of the Board of Education

Approval of the Agenda

Approval of Minutes

• Minutes from the October 22-23, 2025, Meetings of the Board of Education

Student Performance

Recognition of Milken Award Winners

Public Comment*

Action/Discussion Items

• Item A: Final Review of Virginia Literacy Act Intervention Instructional Program Guides and Supplemental Instructional Program Guide
  • Item A - Attachment 1
  • Item A - Attachment 2
  • Item A - Attachment 3
  • Item A - Attachment 4
• Item B: First and Final Review of Recommendations Regarding Literary Fund Loan Applications Approval for Release of Loan Funds
• • Item B - Attachment 1
• Item C: First and Final Review of Proficiency Implementation Plan
  • Item C - Presentation
• Item D: First and Final Review of College Partnership Laboratory School Contract Modifications
  • Item D - Attachment 1
  • Item D - Presentation
• Item E: First and Final Review of Timelines for Standards of Learning Reviews: Fine Arts, Health, Family Life Education, and Digital Learning Integration
  • Item E - Attachment 1
  • Item E - Attachment 2
  • Item E - Attachment 3
  • Item E - Attachment 4
• Item F: First and Final Review of Proposed 2025 Prescriptions on the Standards of Quality
  • Item F: Attachment 1
• Item G: First and Final Review of Appointments to the Early Childhood Advisory Committee  
• Item H: First Review of Notice of Intended Regulatory Action to Create a Special Education Early Childhood Add-On Endorsement in 8VAC20-23
  • Item H - Attachment 1
  • Item H - Presentation
• Item I: First Review of Recommendation to Reestablish the Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee
• Item J: First Review of Career and Technical (CTE) Industry Recognized Credentials List to the Board of Education
  • Item J - Attachment 1
• Item K: First and Final Review of Revisions to the 2025 Board of Education Meeting Dates to Add December 10, 2025

Closed Session for Legal Issues

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.