At a brief meeting, the licensing board voted to recommend approval of Corteva Institute’s barber and cosmetology program applications, clearing the way for the institute to begin hiring and training instructors. Speaker 3, Board member, called for the votes and managed the motion process; the motions passed with affirmative votes from the board members present.

The approvals followed a short substantive exchange about how graduate wages are reported in program disclosures. Speaker 2, Board member, asked whether tips were accounted for in the median wage figures, saying, “Is there any way you could just say like the, you know, you are also making tips, and tips are supposed to be reportable whether they do or not?”

Speaker 4, Program representative and licensed cosmetologist, replied that the program uses Bureau of Labor Statistics data and that the board’s disclosures rely on that government data: “So we get all of our data from BLS, so we're not allowed to up that. We use government data … we just generally don't wanna make promises that we can't, back up.” She added that students are taught business practices in coursework and that many workers may underreport tips, but the program will rely on the BLS median for official disclosures.

Speaker 2 moved to approve Corteva’s barber application; Speaker 3 seconded, and members present voted aye. For the cosmetology application Speaker 3 moved to approve and Speaker 2 seconded; the motion also passed by voice vote. The board did not record any no votes, abstentions, or recusals in the transcript.

The meeting concluded without additional substantive items on the record. Speaker 4 said the approvals will allow the institute to “start hiring and training our instructors,” and the board adjourned shortly afterward.