At its December meeting the Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School Committee approved several routine and substantive items by motion and roll call.

Key actions recorded:
- Approval of the Nov. 20 meeting minutes (motion carried by roll call).
- Motion to waive the reading of the warrant (approved by roll call).
- Approval of expenditures totaling $5,341,224.87 (motion carried by roll call).
- Approval of the updated 2025'026 Practical Nursing student handbook, following a report that the Massachusetts Board of Nursing removed the program's admissions cap and lifted warning status.
- Adoption of the competency-determination policy that ties course completion to state-created end-of-year assessments for the Class of 2026 and incorporates remediation and portfolio appeals options.
- Declaration of a 2012 E-450 bus (about 21,000 miles) as surplus to be offered to the school community and then auctioned if no interest is received.
- Appointments to the facilities naming committee: Jennifer Knowlton (parent seat, 3 years), Valerie Bronco (alumni seat, 3 years), Michael Knight (administrator seat, 1 year), and Chris Andros (teacher seat, 1 year).

Several motions were moved and seconded on the floor; roll-call votes recorded in the transcript show committee members responding in the affirmative for approved items. The meeting closed after an executive-session personnel discussion and the subsequent approval of a six-month extension to the superintendent's contract.