April 20, 2007
8:30 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Agenda
I.
Call to order
II.
Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation
III.
Approval of
Minutes of Meeting of March 19-20, 2007
IV.
Additions or
deletions/approval of agenda
V.
Report of the
Chair
VI.
Approval of
Action Items
(Items below are numbered to correspond to the items as discussed on Thursday, April 19, 2007)
04. Approval to
begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Procedures for (Office of Business and Support Services) 06. Approval of the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Transition Plan 07. Approval of an Accredited - Temporary
Status for Millcreek of (Office of Instructional Programs and
Services) 08. Approval of an Accredited - Temporary
Status for North New (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 09. Approval to issue an approved list of Supplemental Educational
Service (SES) Providers (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 10. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To revise the Guidelines for
English Language Learners (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 11. (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 12. Approval
to award grant proposals in support of enhancing education through technology
and integration (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 13. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To delete State Board of Education Policy
7604 Implementation of Grades 3 and 7 Benchmarks for the Mississippi Curriculum
Test and to revise State Board of Education Policy 4300 Intervention Process (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 14. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To approve the 2007 (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 15. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To approve the 2007 (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 16. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 17. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To revise State
Board Policy 7608 Procedures for Setting Student-Level Standards on the
Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT) and the Subject Area Testing Program (SATP) and to adopt
performance level descriptors for language arts, mathematics, and science (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 18. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To revise State Board of
Education Policy 7601 Mississippi Statewide Assessment System Assessment of
Special Populations (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 19. Approval of contract modification with
Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services and products for the
Subject Area Testing Program (SATP) (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 20. Approval to modify the FY 2007 contract
with Pearson Educational Measurement to add tasks to the FY 2007 contract and
to move certain tasks to the FY 2008 contract
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) 21. Approval of Teacher Education Program
Accreditation for 22. Approval of Teacher Education Program
Accreditation for 23.
24. Approval grant renewal with
the 25. Approval
of contract with the Mississippi Community College Foundation to deliver
Alternate Route Teacher Certification Training (Office of Quality Professionals and 26. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To approve Three New Technology Endorsement
Codes as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education,
Certification and Licensure Development- Daphne Buckley VII. Approval of Consent Items A. Approval to Repeal State Board Policy
No. 1600 (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Office of State
Superintendent) B. Approval to Repeal State Board Policy
GBRJ-1 (currently numbered 4800). State Board Policy GBRJ-1 (currently numbered
4800) is no longer relevant because Section 37-19-5 of the Mississippi Code was
repealed effective July 1, 2002. (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comment) (Office of Educational Accountability) C. Approval of contract with the
Mississippi State Department of Health to perform Health Inspections of
selected Summer Food Service Program Sites for Program Year 2007 D. Approval of contract modification to
release ConAgra Foods from the obligation to provide smoked turkey to
participants in the statewide purchasing program (Office of Business and Support
Services) E. Approval of New school site for the (Office of Business and Support
Services) F. Approval of contract modification with RMS Research Corporation to provide consultative services relative to redesigning Special Education Policies and Procedures (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) G. Approval of contract modification with
the Mississippi Assessment Center at the Research and Curriculum Unit at
Mississippi State University to continue to provide
technical services and products for the Mississippi Career Planning and Assessment System, Second Edition
(MS-CPAS2) (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) H. Approval of contract modification with
Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services
and products related to the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) I. Approval of contract modification with
Riverside Publishing to continue to provide services and products for the
Elementary and Middle Grades Science Assessment Program (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) J. Approval
of contract modification with Gulf Coast Education Initiative to remove the monitoring
component of the contract and to provide assistance with tagging equipment in
all nonpublic and private schools awarded Immediate Aid to Restart School
Operations funds (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services) K. Approval
of revised Licensure Guidelines for Tech Prep Discovery Courses as recommended
by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and
Licensure Development (Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with no comments) L. Approval
of Postsecondary Interim Vocational Certificate as recommended by the
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure
Development (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public
comments) M. Approval to renew the
contract with MMI Dining Systems, L.L.C. for the provision of food
services on the campus of the Mississippi Schools for the Blind and the Deaf N. Approval to continue in effect Board's Declaration of State of Emergency based on the findings that, pursuant to the continuing proclamation issued by the Governor of the State of Mississippi, a state of emergency continues to exist as a result of Hurrican Katrina and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, federal funds have been allocated to address educational needs resulting from this diaster. VIII. Recognition
Ceremony Hayes Cooper Center for Math and Science New Site High School T.Y. Fleming Elementary School 2006 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Alexis Baham, Puckett Attendance Center Outstanding Achievement - Very Special Arts of Mississippi ArtLink IX.
State Board of
Education 01.
Report on
meetings attended 02.
Approval of
attendance at meetings 03.
June Board
meeting date X.
Other Business XI. Adjournment NOTE: Cellular telephones and pagers that give an audible signal are not permitted during Board meetings.
Calculating
Graduation, Completion and Dropout Counts and Rates by Tracking Cohorts of
Students in MSIS
(Office
of Business and Support Services)(Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office of Quality Professionals and (Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office
of Business and Support Services)(Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office of Quality Professionals and
(Office of Educational Accountability