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Votes at a glance: State Board approves multiple contracts, grants and policies; one contested board policy fails
Summary
At its April 4 meeting the Nebraska State Board of Education approved a slate of contracts, grants and model policies and accepted the annual financial audit; one board proposal on council composition failed and a continuation grant failed in additional business.
The State Board of Education voted on multiple items April 4. Most motions were approved by roll call; two proposals failed, including a contested revision to the Nebraska Council on Teacher Education (NCTE) organizational policies and a continuation grant filed under additional business.
Key outcomes at a glance:
- Adopted: resolution proclaiming April 2025 as Month of the Military Child and April 23, 2025 as Purple Up for Military Kids Day (roll call: 8 yes, motion adopted).
- Adopted: resolution proclaiming April 30, 2025 as National Apprenticeship Day in Nebraska (8 yes).
- Adopted: motion to adopt consent agenda without item 6.4.b (8 yes).
- Approved: funding recommendations for the School Emergency Response Mapping Grant (item 7.2.b; 8 yes).
- Approved: authorization for the commissioner to contract for repair and maintenance at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) (item 7.2.c; 8 yes).
- Approved: authorization for the commissioner to contract and carry out grant activity for Nebraska statewide educational programs and support services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (item 7.2.d; 8 yes).
- Approved: authorization for the commissioner to contract for the child program and family outcomes measurement system (item 7.2.e; 8 yes).
- Approved: authorization for the commissioner to fund the UNL Words project using IDEA funds (item 7.2.f; 8 yes).
- Adopted: acceptance of the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (audit) (item 7.2.g; 8 yes).
- Defeated: proposed revisions to NCTE organizational policies (item 7.3.a; roll call 4 yes, 4 no; motion lost).
- Adopted: approval of plans of correction for Rule 10, 14 and 18 school systems and interim program schools (item 7.3.b; 8 yes).
- Adopted: approval of nonpublic schools for 2025–26 (item 7.3.c; 8 yes).
- Adopted: approval of interim program schools for 2025–26 (item 7.3.d; 8 yes).
- Adopted: pilot process for cooperating teacher qualifications in world language (item 7.3.e; 8 yes).
- Adopted: NDE model behavioral intervention policy (item 7.3.f; 8 yes).
- Failed in additional business: continuation grant for CDA (Child Development Associate) credential navigator (roll call 4 yes, 4 no; motion fails).
Votes were recorded by roll call for each motion; board members participating in roll calls included Kristen Christiansen, Maggie Douglas, Lisa Schonhoff, Liz Renner, Kirk Penner, Sherry Jones, Elizabeth Tegmeier and Deborah Neri.
Ending: Several approved items authorized the commissioner to execute contracts or grant actions; in two cases (NCTE policy change and the CDA continuation grant) the board split evenly and those motions failed. Board staff said affected contracts and grants approved at the meeting will proceed under the authority given by the board.
