Kentucky Board of Education to hold virtual regular meeting on Dec. 3-4

Kentucky Department of Education sent this bulletin at 12/01/2025 10:24 AM EST
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Meeting Advisory

Media Contact: Jennifer Ginn

Director of Communications 

Office: (502) 564-2000 ext. 4601
jennifer.ginn@education.ky.gov

Advisory 25-303

 

Dec. 1, 2025

Kentucky Board of Education to hold virtual regular meeting on Dec. 3-4

(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) will hold its regular meeting via video teleconference on Dec. 3-4. The Dec. 3 session will begin at 1 p.m. ET and the Dec. 4 session will begin at 9 a.m. ET. The majority of board members plan to attend in-person at the Kentucky Department of Education, 300 Sower Blvd., Frankfort.

KBE has statutory authority to manage all common or public schools in the Commonwealth and all programs operated in such schools.

A dedicated public comment segment is included on the board’s agenda. The board will reserve 30 minutes to receive public comment from any person regarding items that appear on the board’s agenda for that meeting, as well as general public comments regarding issues within the jurisdiction of the board.

A person who desires to speak to the board shall sign up on the day of the meeting, indicating his/her name and the topic on which he/she will speak. Each individual will be limited to three minutes during the public comment segment of the meeting to speak on the issue(s) indicated on the sign-up form. Individuals will be called to speak to the board in the order they appear on the sign-up form.

Once the 30-minute segment for public comment has been exhausted, the board will not hear further comments during the meeting. If multiple members of an organization wish to provide public expression, membership of that group may be asked to select one person to comment.

Public criticism of individual staff members or individual board members is prohibited. Since no individual board member may act on behalf of the board, concerns about the board’s actions should be directed to the board as a whole.

To allow for appropriate consideration, written comments also will be accepted via email and distributed to members for review; however, the comments may not be read during the meeting. Anyone wanting to submit public expression may email kbe@education.ky.gov prior to the close of business on Dec. 1. Individuals must provide their name and an email address where they can receive a response.

Members of the public may watch the meeting in person at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) or a livestream of the meeting will be available on the KDE Media Portal.

People with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations by noon ET on Dec. 1 by emailing Taylor Perry or calling him at (502) 892-6174, ext. 4851.

Announcement of this meeting is pursuant to the Open Meetings Act.

A full agenda follows:

 

Kentucky Board of Education Regular Meeting
Dec. 3, 2025, 1 p.m. ET
Watch Live on the KDE Media Portal

Agenda

  • Call to Order
  • Roll Call
  • Public Comment Session - This segment is limited to 10 speakers at a maximum of three minutes each. If there are multiple members of an organization, we encourage the membership of that group to select one person to comment.
  • Internal Board Business (Action/Discussion)
    • Summary Minutes for October 1, 2025, KBE Regular Meeting Day 1; October 2, 2025, KBE Regular Meeting Day 2; and November 25, 2025, KBE Awards Committee Meeting
    • Recipient of the 2025 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award
    • KBE Self-Assessment Results- National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) CEO and President Paolo DeMaria
    • KBE Goals- KDE Chief Performance Officer Karen Dodd and KDE Strategic Plan Program Manager Susan Strange
    • KBE/KDE Procedural Updates- Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher, KDE Director of Education Policy GlyptusAnn Grider Jones, Ph.D., and KDE Chief Performance Officer Karen Dodd
  • Consent Agenda
    • Hearing Officer’s Report- KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen
      • Statement of Consideration for 701 KAR 5:170, Waiver Requests- KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen
    • Litigation Report- KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen
    • 2024-2025 Tax Rates Levied by Anchorage Independent School District- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
    • 2025-2026 Tax Rates Levied- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
    • Approval of 2025-2026 Local District Working Budgets- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
    • Certification of 702 KAR 1:160, School health services- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Policy Advisor Lindsey Swartz
    • Certification of 704 KAR 8:010, Kentucky academic standards for computer science elective- KDE Associate Commissioner David Couch, KDE Deputy Commissioner Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., KDE Associate Commissioner Beth Hargis, Ed.D., and KDE Chief Digital Officer Marty Park
    • 156 Salary Schedule- KDE Associate Commissioner Beth Hargis, Ed.D.
    • Federal Carl D. Perkins Consolidated Annual Report (CAR)- KDE Associate Commissioner Beth Hargis, Ed.D., and KDE Branch Manager Lori Looney
    • Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) Advisory Board Appointment- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and Director Shannon Sparkman
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-003, Danville Independent Schools- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-006, Adair County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-010, Clay County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-011, Clay County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-012, Clay County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-013, Clay County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-014, Whitley County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
    • Waiver Request, 2025-WV-015, Whitley County- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., and KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison
  • United We Learn/Teaching and Learning Committee (NOTE: Committees will meet simultaneously)
    • Kentucky United We Learn Council Information Sharing- KDE Chief Performance Officer Karen Dodd and KDE Strategic Plan Manager Susan Strange
    • AdvanceKY Annual Update- AdvanceKY Executive Director Aaron Timmons and KDE Chief Academic Officer Micki Ray Marinelli
    • We Lead Computer Science Update- We Lead Computer Science Chief Executive Officer Alicia Sells, KDE Chief Academic Officer Micki Ray Marinelli and KDE K-12 Computer Science Lead Sean Jackson
  • State Schools Committee
    • Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) American Rescue Plan Updates – KDE Director Shannon Sparkman, KDE Director Jarod Mills and KSD Principal Lynn Petrey, Ed.D.
  • Action/Discussion Items
    • Report on United We Learn/Teaching and Learning Committee on Action/Discussion Items
    • Report on State Schools Committee on Action/Discussion Items
    • Amendments to 707 KAR 1:002, Definitions and 707 KAR 1:350, Placement Decisions- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton, Ed.D., KDE Division Director Carol Ann Morrison, and KDE Policy Advisor Melody Cooper
    • Amendment to 704 KAR 3:370, Kentucky Framework for Personnel Evaluation- KDE Associate Commissioner Meredith Brewer, Ph.D., KDE Division Director Todd Davis and KDE Policy Advisor Cassie Trueblood
    • Amendment to 702 KAR 3:130, Internal accounting- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross, KDE Division Director Chay Ritter and KDE Policy Advisor Lindsey Swartz
  • Adjournment

Kentucky Board of Education Regular Meeting
Dec. 4, 2025, 9 a.m. ET
Watch Live on the KDE Media Portal

Agenda

  • Call to Order
  • Roll Call
  • Good News
  • Board Member Sharing
  • Report from the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB)- Vice Chair C.J. Fryer
  • Report from the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education- President Aaron Thompson, Ph.D.
  • Report from the Secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet- Secretary Jamie Link
  • Report from the Commissioner of Education- Commissioner Robbie Fletcher
  • Review Items
    • 2024-2025 Data-at-a-Glance- Associate Commissioner Jennifer Stafford, Ed.D., Associate Commissioner Kelly Foster, Ed.D., and KDE Chief Academic Officer Micki Ray Marinelli
    • Performance Monitoring Update- KDE Chief Performance Officer Karen Dodd
    • Audit Report and Expense Reports for the Kentucky Board of Education and Commissioner of Education- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Karen Wirth
    • 2026 Legislative Preview- Commissioner Robbie Fletcher
    • Presentation of the Kevin M. Noland and Mary Ann Miller Award for Outstanding Public Service to Kentucky Schools- Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher
    • 2025 National Blue Ribbon Schools – Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher and KDE Director of Communications Jennifer Ginn
  • Adjournment