The Tennessee State Board of Education strategic planning committee on July 22 approved a stakeholder survey and a timeline to guide updates to the board's K-12 master plan, voting to release the survey in August and review results in late September or October.
The committee's chairman, Ryan Holt, moved that "the recording serve as the minutes for this meeting," a procedural motion that the committee adopted at the start of the session. Later, Holt moved to "approve the list of survey questions as proposed," a motion seconded by committee member Chrissy McIntyre; the roll call returned aye votes from McIntyre, Holt and Larry Jensen and the motion passed.
The action sets a public engagement period in August and a follow-up schedule: committee review of stakeholder feedback in late September or October, presentation of the 2025 master plan report to the full board in November, and the target date for final master plan approval at the February 2026 board meeting. Ally Reid, the board staff member leading the survey work, told members the survey would mirror questions asked of board members while adding items about organizational alignment and stakeholder representation.
Committee staff described the purpose of the master plan committee as updating the board's three-year master plan, which "contains our goals and priorities for K-12 public education in Tennessee," and bringing a proposed revision to the full board in February 2026. Ally Reid read a memo on the record appointing Holt to chair the committee under board policy 1.2, section 5, a memo signed by State Board Chairman Robert Eby.
Members asked staff to widen the list of stakeholders and to look for potential misalignments between the board's master plan and plans of related agencies. Dr. Gentile (guest) urged the committee to "annually assess who the stakeholders are, and measure what that engagement looks like." Committee staff agreed to tweak question wording to invite responses about both alignment and misalignment between respondents' organizations and the board's strategic priorities.
The committee also approved, by roll call, a procedural vote at the meeting start to allow the recorded virtual session to serve as the official minutes. Ally Reid said staff will circulate the August survey, gather responses for about a month, and return summary findings to the committee for drafting changes to master plan goals.