Superintendent Moore and board members marked student achievement improvements—noting significant gains in third-grade literacy and system proficiency—and discussed succession planning following the superintendent's announced retirement.

Commission staff summarized the 2025 executive summary and the Commission approved it; staff said the prior meeting (Dec. 3, 2025) covered adoption of a virtual meeting policy, member introductions and a brief 2026 work plan focusing on data-driven accountability, partnerships, outreach and policy changes to support minority-owned businesses.

Megan Matthews told the State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee that the Office of Equity has grown from about a dozen to 40 staff and emphasized data‑driven accountability and partnerships with ethnic commissions; senators pressed her on outreach and a prior community‑reinvestment definition that initially excluded parts of the Asian community.

Megan Matthews, nominee for director of the Washington State Office of Equity, testified about expanding the office’s capacity, data-driven accountability and partnerships with ethnic commissions; senators questioned outreach to ethnic commissions and a community reinvestment rollout.

An attorney for the Public Interest Law Center and university researchers told the House Education Committee court evidence and recent analyses indicate Pennsylvania underfunded its schools by roughly $4.8 billion; experts said targeted, sustained funding and investments in staffing and supports produce the best long‑term student and economic returns.