State Board unanimously adopts proclamations, textbook adoptions and trustee appointments

At its January meeting, the Alabama State Board of Education unanimously approved a slate of resolutions, textbook adoptions and trustee appointments, including proclamations recognizing January 2022 as Gifted Education Month and February 2022 as Career and Technical Education Month.

The board voted without recorded opposition on a series of largely ceremonial and procedural items brought during new business. The items included proclamations, approval of career and technical education (CTE) course-of-study documents, adoption of CTE textbook recommendations, an extension of approval for an educator preparation program at Jacksonville State University, and appointments to the Alabama School of Fine Arts Board of Trustees.

Votes at a glance - Approve agenda — motion passed (unanimous). - Resolution honoring Barbara Fannin as employee of the quarter (January–March 2022) — adopted (unanimous). - Proclamation: January 2022 as Gifted Education Month — adopted (unanimous). - Proclamation: February 2022 as Alabama Career and Technical Education Month — adopted (unanimous). - Extend approval of an educator preparation program at Jacksonville State University — adopted (unanimous). - Adopt CTE state course of study for architecture & construction, information technology, and transportation/distribution & logistics clusters — adopted (unanimous). - Approve state textbook committee recommendations for CTE textbooks in business management and administration — adopted (unanimous). - Appointments to Alabama School of Fine Arts Board of Trustees — preferred candidates appointed (unanimous).

Several motions were made with brief discussion and carried by voice/hand vote. When the chair called for the vote on these items, board staff reported the result as a unanimous vote. The meeting record shows the board conducted a roll call earlier in the meeting; the chair and members present subsequently voted on the listed items.

Procedure and what it means These votes were routine approvals and proclamations that require board action to adopt curriculum documents, accept textbook committee recommendations and confirm trustee appointments. The extension of an educator preparation program is an administrative approval that keeps the named program on the state’s approved list. The textbook and course-of-study adoptions provide the Department and local districts with state-level recommendations and curricula for CTE programs.

No item on the record produced a recorded dissent or a roll-call breakdown in the transcript beyond the roll call establishing members present; each item was recorded in the meeting as carried unanimously. The board chair moved the agenda items in sequence, and the clerk and staff announced motions, seconds and the result for each item.

Ending Board members and the superintendent made congratulatory remarks at the close of the slate of votes. The meeting moved on to the superintendent’s longer report, which included program presentations and policy priorities discussed separately in the board’s work session.