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Votes at a glance: board adopts dyslexia awareness resolution, budget request and multiple contracts
Summary
At its Oct. 3 meeting in Fremont the State Board of Education adopted a resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month and approved the consent agenda, a 2025–26 deficit budget request, program contracts and certification changes; vote tallies are listed below.
The State Board of Education approved several formal actions during its Oct. 3 meeting in Fremont. The items below are drawn from motions and roll-call votes recorded during the meeting.
Votes and outcomes
- Resolution: Recognize October 2025 as Dyslexia Awareness Month — Motion adopted; roll call announced as 7 yes, 1 absent. The text of the resolution (read by Sherry Jones) defines dyslexia, cites prevalence statistics quoted in the resolution text and calls on NDE, districts, community providers and parents to support students with dyslexia.
- Consent agenda — Motion to adopt consent agenda adopted; roll call announced as 7 yes, 1 absent. Submitted written public comments were attached to the electronic meeting agenda.
- Authorize commissioner to submit the 2025–26 deficit budget request — Motion adopted; roll call announced as 7 yes, 1 absent.
- Approve contract for a program-quality anchor (Results Matter / Step Up to Quality) — Motion adopted; roll call announced as 7 yes, 1 absent.
- Authorize commissioner to contract for services for the early-childhood integrated data system (eKIDS) — Motion adopted (roll call recorded with one dissenting vote by a board member and one absence; transcript indicates one named 'No' vote and the chair announced adoption).
- Approve subject-area examinations and passing scores for temporary certificates — Motion adopted; roll call announced as 7 yes, 1 absent.
Notes on recordkeeping and interpretation
- Where the transcript recorded individual roll-call 'yes' or 'no' responses, those were used to compile the tallies. When a mover or seconder was not named in the spoken motion, the meeting minutes did not record a specific person as mover/second in the transcript; the motions were properly seconded on the record.
- Several items had prior committee review (Budget & Finance; Planning & Evaluation; Rules & Regulations) and appeared on the consent agenda where noted. The board announced specific next steps or follow-up reporting for items needing legal agreements or further detail (for example, eKIDS contracting requires interagency data‑sharing agreements and technical safeguards).
