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Board hears State Board updates, schedules December regulatory review and adopts meeting calendar
Summary
The PSTED board received a State Board update on COMAR language tweaks, an emergency regulation on student adjudication records, and withholding state aid for missing audits; members were told to review draft induction regulations ahead of an extended December meeting that will include proposals for program approval, licensure pathways and induction regulations; the board approved minutes and an updated 2025 meeting calendar.
The Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board opened its Nov. 14 meeting with a State Board update and several administrative items that set the agenda for a lengthy December meeting.
Hannah Oakley, who joined State Board staff in August, summarized recent actions: minor COMAR language amendments to clarify parental information about promotion and retention decisions, an emergency regulation to strengthen superintendent-to-superintendent sharing of confidential records for students adjudicated for reportable offenses, and an authorization that could allow the state superintendent to withhold 10% of a November state aid payment and subsequent aid from districts that fail to submit required financial audits.
Board staff told members that a package of regulations will be brought back in December for adoption, including program-approval regulations (COMAR 13.07.00.0602), the pathways to teacher licensure, and the full educator-licensure package. The board will also consult on draft induction regulations and will review recommendations from an administrator-licensure work group that concluded recent work on criteria for the licensure principal tier.
Members discussed calendar scheduling and conflicts (including Yom Kippur and conference weeks). The board moved to adopt an updated 2025 meeting calendar (July 3 moved to July 10 tentative, October 2 moved to October 9, November 6 to November 13) by motion of Karen Yoho and second from Dr. Taylor; the motion carried. The board also approved the September meeting minutes after a motion by Melissa Carpenter, seconded by Dr. Taylor; Dr. Poehling recorded an abstention.
Staff asked members to review draft induction regulations and be prepared to provide formal feedback at the December meeting; those regulations will then be taken to the State Board of Education in January if adopted. The board set aside extra time in December for deliberations, including adoption votes and a new-member orientation.
