Textbook commission approves timeline, rubrics and library guidance in unanimous votes
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Summary
At a special called virtual meeting Jan. 10, 2025, the Tennessee Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission adopted revised CTE/wellness timelines, approved panelist application questions and scoring rubrics, and updated the library appeals form and guidance document; all motions passed on recorded votes.
The Tennessee Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission unanimously approved a set of time-sensitive items for the forthcoming textbook adoption cycle during a special virtual meeting on Jan. 10, 2025.
The actions taken included adoption of the revised Schedule E CTE and wellness adoption timeline, approval of the CTE/wellness advisory panelist application questions and scoring rubrics, approval of the CTE and wellness scoring rubrics, and updates to the library appeals form and the library guidance document. The commission also adopted the meeting agenda and approved minutes from its Oct. 20, 2024, meeting.
The commission used roll-call votes for most items. Commissioners voting “yes” on the formal roll calls included Doctor Linda Cash (director of schools for Bradley County, chair), Becky Atkinson (public school librarian), William Bridal (high school teacher), Katie Capshaw (librarian appointed by the lieutenant governor), Laurie Cardozo Moore (parents and citizens representative), Doctor Rebecca Farley, Doctor Kathy Hickey, Doctor Cherry Robertson and Doctor Christy Wall (assistant commissioner for academics and instruction, representing the commissioner of education). No nays were recorded on any of the formal roll-call items.
Summary of recorded actions and outcomes: - Adoption of the meeting agenda — carried by voice vote (ayes, no nays). - Approval of Oct. 20, 2024 minutes — roll-call approval. - Approval of Schedule E CTE and wellness adoption timeline with date changes — roll-call approval. - Approval of CTE/wellness advisory panelist application questions and scoring rubric — roll-call approval. - Approval of CTE and wellness scoring rubrics — roll-call approval. - Approval of library appeals form updates (added email and phone contact fields) — roll-call approval. - Approval of library guidance document updates (clarified statute-driven appeal paths, added withdrawal procedures and web contact changes) — roll-call approval.
Each approved motion was seconded before the roll-call votes. The commission recorded no opposing votes on the matters before it; several items were discussed earlier in the meeting before being moved for approval.
The commission set its next regularly scheduled meeting for March 13, 2025, and noted additional future meeting dates (special meeting July 30, 2025, and a meeting in September 2025).