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Votes at a glance: BESE Academic Goals and Instructional Improvement Committee actions, Jan. 9, 2025
Summary
A roundup of motions and committee outcomes from the Jan. 9 BESE academic committee meeting, including receipt of reports and approvals of program and provider lists.
The BESE Academic Goals and Instructional Improvement Committee recorded the following formal actions during its Jan. 9 meeting (motions are summarized from the transcript):
- Receive update on truancy support efforts (agenda item 5.2). Motion moved by Mister Morris, seconded by Mister Harris; committee received the report.
- Recognize community partners (agenda item 2.1). Motion passed by voice/no objection.
- Receive Legislative Auditor report regarding seclusion, restraint, and abuse/mistreatment of students with disabilities (agenda item 5.1). Motion moved by Mister Morris, seconded by Miss Clark; report received. Committee voted to refer statutory and funding options to BESE’s legislative committee (motion by Mister Harris, seconded by Doctor Armstrong).
- Receive update on high‑dosage tutoring implementation (agenda item 4.1). Motion moved by Miss Champagne, seconded by Doctor Clark; report received.
- Approve Jump Start 2.0 pathway enhancements and Fast Forward pathways for 2025–26 (agenda item 4.2). Motion moved by Miss Holloway, seconded by Miss Champagne; approved.
- Approve authorization of course providers for the Course Choice program (agenda item 4.3). Motion passed; no recorded objections on the transcript.
- Receive early childhood key performance indicators update (agenda item 4.4). Motion moved by Doctor Armstrong, seconded by Mister Birkin; report received.
- Approve TOPS Tech Early Start Training providers (agenda item 4.5). Motion passed with no objections recorded.
- Approve summary of public comments and authorize notice of intent for revisions to Bulletin 135 (health and safety) and Bulletin 741 (nonpublic schools) (agenda item 6.1). Motion passed with no objections.
Procedural notes: The transcript records most actions as adopted by voice vote or “no objection.” The committee asked the Department of Education to provide fiscal and staffing estimates where statutory or monitoring responsibilities would expand (notably in response to the Legislative Auditor report). No numeric roll‑call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript for these items; outcomes were recorded as adopted/no objection where noted.
Ending: The committee closed having received multiple reports and referred statutory options for special‑education oversight to the board’s legislative committee for drafting and cost estimation.
