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Omaha Public Schools board approves new high‑school career and technical curriculum
Summary
The board approved recommended instructional materials and data‑protection agreements for 114 high‑school career and technical education courses after a committee review that rejected portions of some vendor proposals; the motion passed on roll call.
The Omaha Public Schools Board of Education on May 4 approved a package of curricular materials, vendor agreements and accompanying data‑protection contracts for 114 high‑school career and technical education courses, the board heard.
Nancy Kracky, a longtime board member who presented the Curriculum Adoption Committee's recommendation, said the committee both rejected portions of some requests for proposals where materials were judged insufficient and approved the recommended products and agreements.
"The recommendation of the committee includes two categories of items," Kracky said, describing rejection of lower‑quality submissions and approval of vendor materials that met the district's standards. Board members noted staff reviewed "hundreds and hundreds" of books and materials across the 114 courses.
The committee told the board the curriculum adoptions are intended to support courses in business; agriculture; health sciences; skilled and technical sciences; human sciences and education; and communications and information systems. After discussion, the committee motion to adopt the recommended materials and reject specified portions of some bids passed on a roll call vote listing members present as voting "I." The board signaled staff will begin sorting and distributing the approved materials to schools.
Board members emphasized that classroom teachers had opportunities to serve on review teams and that the process included educator evaluation and subject‑area testing of materials before recommendation.
The action covers curricular implementation for the 2026–27 through 2032–33 school years and includes data‑protection agreements tied to the approved instructional products. The board did not identify specific vendor names in the motion beyond the materials covered in the committee summary.
The board's next procedural step is distribution of purchased materials to schools and vendor execution of the approved agreements.
