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Alabama board approves library guidelines, textbook adoptions and routine resolutions in unanimous vote
Summary
At its Dec. 12 meeting the Alabama State Board of Education approved an amended administrative rule, new guidelines for exemplary school libraries, state textbook committee recommendations across several subject clusters, recognitions for distinguished schools and staff, the superintendent—s evaluation and 2025 meeting dates, all by voice/raised-hand votes reported as unanimous.
The Alabama State Board of Education on Dec. 12, 2024 approved a range of routine and recognition items, including an amended administrative rule governing public schools, guidelines for exemplary school libraries, and multiple textbook-adoption resolutions recommended by the state textbook committee.
Board members moved and seconded a motion to adopt an amended Alabama Administrative Code rule pertaining to public-school regulations (recited orally during the meeting). The board then adopted guidelines for exemplary school libraries and approved textbook-adoption recommendations for arts, audio-visual technology and communications, health sciences, career and technical education clusters, and K–12 science textbooks. Each item was approved by voice or raised-hand vote, the transcript reports.
The board also adopted ceremonial and personnel items: it recognized Dr. Walter B. Gonsolin Jr. as the 2025 Alabama Superintendent of the Year; named Hamilton Elementary in Marion County and at least one other school as Elementary and Secondary Education Act distinguished schools; honored Gary Watson as the Barbara Fanning Memorial employee of the quarter for Oct.–Dec. 2024; and approved a resolution recognizing January 2025 (details not specified in the record). The board approved the 2024/2025 state superintendent's evaluation and set the K–12 meeting and work session dates for 2025.
In remarks to the board, Dr. Mackey thanked staff for work on the standards and library documents and acknowledged efforts to improve transparency in the standards-development process. He named staff members who contributed and noted that the department processes state and federal funds totaling over $10,000,000,000 for local schools annually. The meeting closed with a unanimous adjournment vote.
Most votes in the meeting were recorded as unanimous; specific roll-call tallies and named movers/seconders were not consistently recorded in the public transcript excerpt.
