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BESE approves agenda, minutes and committee consent items; Gao abstains on select educator effectiveness motions
Summary
In a largely unanimous series of procedural steps, BESE approved the meeting agenda, previous meeting minutes and committee‑recommended motions across five standing committees; member Mr. Gao recorded abstentions on motions 27–32 in the Educator Effectiveness slate.
The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education concluded routine business with a series of procedural approvals and committee motions.
Early in the meeting members approved the agenda by motion (Doctor Armstrong), and later approved minutes for the Dec. 9, 2025 special call meeting and the Dec. 10, 2025 regular meeting with no objections recorded.
On committee business, chairs moved and the board approved multiple consent slates: the Academic Goals and Instructional Improvement Committee moved to approve motions 1–9; the Board Administration and Education Finance Committee moved to approve motions 1–18; the Educator Effectiveness Committee moved to approve motions 1–32 with Mr. Gao recorded as abstaining from motions 27–32; the Legislative and Government Affairs Committee moved to approve motion 1; and the School Innovation and Turnaround Committee moved to approve motions 1–10. Where the transcript records "Seeing none, motion passes," the chair declared the motions approved by unanimous consent.
The meeting did not record detailed roll‑call tallies for these actions in the transcript; outcomes were announced orally on the record. The board also noted a statutory timeline for the MFP task force to produce the Minimum Foundation Program for the legislature by March 15 and scheduled further meetings to finalize the MFP recommendation.
The board adjourned after completing the consent agenda and presentations.
