Votes at a glance: State Board of Education meeting, Feb. 21, 2025 — consent items, rule adoptions, elections, and approvals

At its Feb. 21, 2025 special electronic meeting the Tennessee State Board of Education took the following formal actions (selected items and outcomes). Items are reported verbatim where available and reflect roll‑call votes recorded in the meeting transcript.

Votes and outcomes (selected):

1) Motion: Amend the agenda to move the election of board officers up on the agenda. Outcome: motion passed (10 ayes). (Motion maker: Daryl Cobbins; second: Warren Wells.)

2) Motion: Approve consent agenda items (minutes, licensure discipline consent orders, master plan supplement, etc.) as amended. Outcome: motion passed (10 ayes). (Motion makers: Daryl Cobbins moved; Larry Johnson second noted in roll call.)

3) Motion: Approve automatic teacher licensure revocations (statutorily required automatic actions). Outcome: motion passed (10 ayes). (Motion maker: Jordan Mollenhauer; second: Bridal/Holt noted.)

4) Motion: Approve Department of Human Services recommendation for automatic suspension of an educator’s license for failing to comply with a court‑ordered support obligation. Outcome: motion passed (10 ayes). (Motion maker: Warren Wells; second: Jordan Mollenhauer.)

5) Motion: Establish consent agenda for teacher licensure discipline items and approve staff recommendations for items b–i and k–l (consent orders). Outcome: motion passed (10 ayes). (Motion maker: Jordan…