2025-2026 CALENDAR
JULY 2025
July 11: Roles & Responsibilities Orientation (Montgomery)
July 12: Effective Boards & Relationships Orientation (Montgomery)
July 17: Webinar - Topic TBA
AUGUST 2025
Aug. 15: All-State School Board Award Nominations Due
Aug. 18: District 4 Meeting (Montgomery)
Aug. 21: District 7 Meeting (Tuscaloosa)
Aug. 25: District 3 Meeting (Ozark)
Aug. 26: District 2 Meeting (Selma)
SEPTEMBER 2025
Sept. 4: District 8 Meeting (Decatur)
Sept. 7 - 9: Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Federal Advocacy Institute (Washington, D.C.)
Sept. 11: District 5 Meeting - (Birmingham)
Sept. 15: District 6 Meeting (Jacksonville)
Sept. 16: District 1 Meeting (Saraland)
Sept. 18: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA
Sept. 22: District 9 Meeting (Madison)
OCTOBER 2025
Oct. 5 & 6: Fall Academy Core Conference - Leadership for Academic Achievement (Montgomery)
Oct. 6: Fall Post-Conference Workshop: Social Media Survival Guide (Montgomery)
NOVEMBER 2025
Nov. 6: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA
Nov. 12 & 13: State Board of Education Panel Discussion/Dinner & Advocacy Day (Montgomery)
DECEMBER 2025
Dec. 4: Pre-Convention WorkshopArtificial Intelligence (Montgomery)
Dec. 4 - 6: AASB Winter Convention & Delegate Assembly (Montgomery)
WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES
State law requires annually 6 hours of total training (includes 2 whole board training hours for all board
members) The law also requires orientation courses for new school board members AASB’s two-part orientation fulfills the state’s orientation requirement as well as the state ethics course requirement for public officia count toward fu state’s 6-hour a requirement.
JANUARY 2026
Jan. 9: Roles & Responsibilities Orientation (AASB Office, Montgomery)
Jan. 10: Effective Boards & Relationships Orientation (AASB Office Montgomery)
FEBRUARY 2026
Feb. 3: AASB Legislative Advocacy Day Districts 6, 7, 8, 9 & CSFOs (Montgomery) *tentative
Feb. 12: AASB Webinar -Topic TBA
Feb. 28: AASB Legislative Advocacy Day Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & CSFOs (Montgomery) *tentative
MARCH 2026
March 6: Pre-Conference Poverty Simulation Workshop (Auburn)
March 6: Pre-Conference Early Bird Workshop (Auburn)
March 6 & 7: Spring Academy Core Conference - Leadership for Developing a Highly Effective Staff (Auburn)
March 13-15: Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Annual Conference (Lexington, Ky.)
March 18: AASB Legislative Advocacy Committee Day (Montgomery) *tentative
APRIL 2026
April Workshop: Date & Topic TBA (Montgomery)
MAY 2026
May 7: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA
JUNE 2026
June 19 - 21: AASB Annual Summer Conference (Gulf Shores)
ONLINE LEARNING
AASB's online learning platform, School Board U, is a self-paced leadership development portal that provides convenient access to training materials, courses and other resources to grow skills and improve effectiveness All core courses within AASB's School Board Member Academy are available in School Board U, as well as a host of electives and archived webinars. Courses range from 30 minutes to 8 hours, and several options are free!
IMPORTANT REMINDER
June 30, 2026, is the end of the 2025-2026 training year All board members must have completed a total of six state-mandated annual training hours by this date Two of these hours must be Whole Board Training hours
