Mobile County school board approves special-education flow-through, textbook adoptions and nine personnel actions

The Mobile County Public Schools Board of Education on April 18, 2025, approved a package of action and consent items that included a $2,578,744.39 state flow-through agreement for special education services, adoption of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate science textbooks, and nine confidential personnel items handled under attorney–client privilege.

The board approved action items G1 through G35 in one motion; G1 names Learning Tree (through the Alabama Department of Education) as a provider to serve school-age children identified as eligible for special education and specifies the state flow-through fund amount of $2,578,744.39. The board also approved consent items H1 through H15, including a textbook-adoption recommendation for AP and IB science, and a group of nine flow-through items for private schools that used federal funds.

Why it matters: the approved G1 agreement channels state flow-through special-education funds to a contracted provider and authorizes district staff to proceed under the terms described in the agenda packet. The textbook adoptions affect curriculum materials for AP and IB science courses across the district. The…