Board of Education revokes and issues teaching licenses in closed session; several cases decided

The Virginia Board of Education convened in closed session to consider licensure matters and returned to open session to record votes on multiple cases.

After the closed session, the board moved and recorded final actions on individual cases as follows (votes as recorded in the open session roll call):

- Case 2025‑22 — Motion to revoke the license of Ileana Abigail Russell. Vote: Dr. Ackerman, Aye; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair (presiding), Aye. Outcome: license revoked.

- Case 2025‑24 — Motion to revoke the license of Amaris Smith. Vote: Dr. Ackerman, Aye; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair, Aye. Outcome: license revoked.

- Case 2025‑23 — Motion to issue a license (applicant not named in public portion). Vote: Dr. Ackerman, Aye; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair, Aye. Outcome: license issued.

- Case 2025‑21 — Motion to take no action. Vote: Dr. Ackerman, No; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair, Aye. Outcome: no action (motion carried despite 1 'no' vote; chair recorded unanimous‑by‑majority passage).

- Case 2025‑18 — Motion to revoke the license of Dexter Benjamin Gore. Vote: Dr. Ackerman, Aye; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair, Aye. Outcome: license revoked.

- Case 2025‑25 — Motion to issue a license (applicant not named in public portion). Vote: Dr. Ackerman, Aye; Mr. Green, Aye; Mr. Monk, Aye; Dr. Northern, Aye; Mr. Hansen, Aye; Chair, Aye. Outcome: license issued.

The board chair then closed the meeting for the day. These matters were taken after the board’s closed deliberations permitted under the Freedom of Information Act; the roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public minutes. The transcript provides verbatim roll‑call recording for each case.