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Mississippi Board of
Education
August 19, 2011
8:30 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School
Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Agenda
I. Call to order
II.
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation
III.
Approval of Minutes of Meeting of July 13-14, 2011
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, August 18, 2011.)
07. Approval to revise the Mississippi
Comprehensive Counseling Curriculum
(Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment)
(Office of School Improvement, Oversight &
Recovery)
09. Approval to award continuation grants for
the Even Start Family Literacy Program
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal
Operations)
10. Approval to
contract with Business Computers of Memphis to provide software and support
services to the Mississippi Department of Education relative to the school
based Medicaid programs and school nurse data reporting
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal
Operations)
11. Approval to
establish a Project Partnership for All Students’ Success (PASS) Junior
Leadership Corps Unit at Armstrong Middle School in the Starkville School District
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal
Operations)
12. Approval to renew
contract with Ciber, Inc., to provide developers for
modifications and enhancements to a web-based payment and contract system
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal
Operations)
14. Approval to contract with the Riverside
Publishing Company "dba" Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to provide an efficient assessment system for preschool
children with disabilities as required by the State Performance Plan and Annual
Performance Report
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal
Operations)
15. Approval of
revision/deletion of State Board Policies
A.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7202 – Teacher Unit Approval
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office of Instructional
Enhancement & Internal Operations)
B.
Approval
to revise State Board Policy 7203 – Teacher Unit Allocation
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office of Instructional
Enhancement & Internal Operations)
C.
Approval
to revise State Board Policy 7205 – Hearing Officer Fees
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
D.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7207 – State Application Preschool
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
E.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7209 – 504 Program
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
F.
Approval
to revise State Board Policy 7212 – Extended School Year
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
G.
Approval to remove State Board Policy 7215 –
Preschool
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
H.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7216 – Referral to Placement Process
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
I.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7217 – Resource Program Numbers
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
J.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7218 – State Plan
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
K.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7220 – Testing Students with Disabilities Regulations
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
L.
Approval to remove State Board Policy
7408 – Teacher Unit Approval Under Section 504
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office
of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
16. Approval to publish the Mississippi Testing
Accommodations Manual
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures
Act process with public comments)
(Office of Instructional
Enhancement & Internal Operations)
17. Approval to award
sub-grants to Teach for America, Save the Children, and
Magnolia Speech School
(Office of Instructional
Enhancement & Internal Operations)
19. Approval to amend the methodology for
awarding grants to Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) districts for providing
professional development, securing master teachers, offering
stipends/supplements, and providing performance based compensation
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
20. Approval to award grants to Teacher
Incentive Fund (TIF) districts for providing professional development, securing
master teachers, offering stipends/supplements, and providing performance based
compensation
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
21. Approval of request from Blue Mountain
College for Master of Education Program in K-12 Literacy/Reading as recommended
by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and
Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
22. Approval
of request from Belhaven University for Modification to the Master of Education
Degree Program and Master of Arts in Teaching Program as recommended by the
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure
Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
23. Approval of request from
Delta State University for a New Educational Specialist Degree Program in
Counseling as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator
Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office of Quality
Professionals & Special Schools)
24. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To approve
Standards for a Supplemental Endorsement Program in Child Development PreK-Kindergarten as Recommended by the Commission on
Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
25. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve request from Vocational
Career/Technical Education for revisions to Licensure Endorsement Titles and
Approval of New License Codes as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
26. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To approve New
Praxis Tests and Cut Scores as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
27. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To approve a change
to the 117 Elementary Education 4-8 License Endorsement from Grades 4-8 to 4-6 to Comply with NCLB
Guidance as Recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator
Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
28. Approval of appointments to the Commission
on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and
Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
29. Action on
appeal to the State Board of Education
regarding the May 12, 2011,
Licensure decision rendered by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator
Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office
of Quality Professionals & Special Schools)
30. Approval to revise Standard 18 –
Community Involvement – of the Mississippi
Public School Accountability Standards, 2010
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process with public comment)
(Office of Educational
Accountability)
31. Approval to add Standard 19.7 – Early
Release and Delayed Start Schedules – to the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2010
(Has cleared
the Administrative Procedures Act Process with public comment)
(Office of Educational
Accountability)
32. Approval
of appointment of School Finance Officer for the Office of School Financial
Services
(Office of Educational Accountability)
33. Approval of appointment of Director (Education Bureau Director) of the Office of Healthy Schools and Child Nutrition
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
34. Approval on Consent Items
A. Approval of monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving
retirement benefits
(Office of Instructional Enhancement &
Internal Operations)
B. Approval of a new school site for the Lamar County School District
(Office of School Improvement, Oversight & Recovery)
C. Approval of a new school site for the Smith County School District
(Office of School Improvement, Oversight & Recovery)
35. Approval of appointment of Associate Superintendent for the Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations
(Office of Instructional Enhancement & Internal Operations)
VII. Recognition Ceremony
2011
National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
Julianna Hinton
Lamar County School District
ProStart Invitational Competition-Culinary & Management
Pam Rossetti
Biloxi Public School District
District
Winners of the 2011 Parent of the Year Program
Roy Vance
First Congressional District Winner
Water Valley School District
LaShon F. Brooks
Second Congressional District Winner
Greenwood Public School District
Dr. Gwendolyn Dawkins
Third Congressional District Winner
Hinds County School District
2011
Parent of the Year
Susan Lofton Landry
Pascagoula Municipal Separate School
District
July 2011 MDE Employee of the Month
Dorothy Holloway
Office of Management
Information Systems
Senior Programmer Analyst
August 2011 MDE Employee of the Month
Louis King
Office
of Special Education
Education
Program Coordinator
VIII. State Board of Education
01.
Report on meetings attended
02.
Approval of attendance at meetings
IX. Other Business
X. Adjournment
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