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Virginia Board of Education issues, denies and revokes multiple teacher licenses in closed session
Summary
In closed sessions, the Virginia Board of Education voted on a series of licensure matters, issuing some licenses and denying or revoking others. Votes on each case were recorded on the public record after the board reconvened.
The Virginia Board of Education met in closed session to consider a set of teacher licensure cases and recorded formal votes on several matters when the public meeting resumed.
The board voted to issue a license in case 2025-35 by recorded roll call, with the chair and a majority of members voting to grant the application. The board then voted to deny a license to Brian Patrick Mason (case 2025-XX—listed in the transcript as Brian Patrick Mason) by recorded roll call. The board also voted to revoke the licenses of Anthony Nicholas Das (case 2025-27) and Claire Wright Mitchell (case 2025-32). Later in the session the board voted to issue a license in case 2025-31; that motion received one recorded “no” vote from Dr. Ackerman and ayes from the other members.
Board members publicly recorded their votes after the closed session, as required by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The actions were taken under the authority cited by the board in its motion to enter closed session, which invoked exemptions for discussion of licensing matters and consultation with counsel pursuant to sections of the Code of Virginia cited during the meeting.
The board chair and other members emphasized that these votes followed the law and the closed-session procedures, and the board’s clerk recorded the roll-call results and the case identifiers in the meeting minutes.
