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Mississippi
Board of Education January
19, 2012 10:00
AM. 4th
Floor Boardroom 01. Report of State Superintendent of
Education (Tom Burnham) 02. Report
on State Board of Education Subcommittee meetings 03. Report on Tate County School District
(Larry Drawdy) 04. Report on Okolona School District
(Larry Drawdy) 05. Discussion of modifying contract
with Measured Progress for Fiscal Year 2012 to increase the scope of technical
services and products for the Mississippi Alternate Assessment of Extended
Curriculum Frameworks (Lynn House) Backup Material
06. Discussion of modifying contract with
Connections Academy, LLC for the operation of the Mississippi Virtual Public
School System (Lynn House) Backup Material
07. Discussion
of textbooks as recommended by the 2011 State Textbook Rating Committee for
adoption in the areas of Reading K-3, Literature/Reading 4-8,
Literature/Reading 9-12 and Social Studies: World Geography and Citizenship
6th Grade (Lynn House) 08. Discussion of contract with vendors as
recommended by the 2011 State Textbook Rating Committee for the adoption of
textbooks in the areas of Reading K-3, Literature/Reading 4-8,
Literature/Reading 9-12 and Social Studies: World Geography and Citizenship
6th Grade (Lynn House) 09. Discussion of
revision of the Mississippi Early Learning Standards for Classrooms Serving
Four-Year Old Children (English Language Arts and Mathematics) (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Lynn House)
10. Discussion of revision of the
Mississippi Early Learning Standards for Classrooms Serving Three-Year Old
Children (English Language Arts and Mathematics) (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Lynn House) 11. Discussion of revision/removal of the following State Board Policies (Lynn House) Backup Material A. Revision of State Board
Policy 2100 Class Size (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) B. Revision of State Board
Policy 2901 Curriculum Guides (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) C. Revision of State Board Policy 2902 Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public D. Revision of State Board Policy 2904 Early Learning Guidelines for Four Year Old Children (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comment) E. Revision of State Board Policy 3700 Gifted (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) F. Revision of State Board Policy 4400 Kindergarten (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public comment)
H. Removal of State Board
Policy 6006 Kindergarten Classrooms (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment)
I. Removal of State Board Policy 6300 Reading Improvement Program (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with no public 12. Discussion of
beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to revise/remove the
following State Board Policies (Lynn House) A. Remove State Board
Policy 2400 Consolidated Applications (Federal Funds) B. Revise State Board
Policy 4200 Homeless C. Remove State Board
Policy 4700 Level 1 and 2 Districts Consolidated Applications D. Revise State Board
Policy 7801 Complaint Procedures E. Revise State Board
Policy 7802 Expenditure of Funds on Instruction 13. Discussion
of critical shortage subject areas and geographical regions for the following
programs: Federal Stafford Program, Federal Perkins Loan, Paul C. Douglas
Teacher Scholarship Program, Teacher Education Assistance for College and
Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program, Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship
Program, and the William Winter Teacher Scholar Loan Program 14. Discussion
of request from Delta State University for a Masters Program in Educational
Leadership as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator
Education, Certification and Licensure Development 15. Discussion of
Teacher Education Program Accreditation for the Institutions that met the
2011 Process and Performance Standards as recommended by the Commission on
Teacher and Administrator Licensure and Certification and Development (Daphne
Buckley) 16. Discussion of revision Appendix A
and Standard 20 of the Mississippi
Public School Accountability Standards, 2010, to include the Career
Pathway Option as required by Section 37-16-17 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process
with no public comment) 17. Discussion
of contract with Joe
DeCastra to provide project management and business analytical services (John
Gilbert)
18. Discussion to contract with Godwin Group to provide design and development services, technical assistance, and content management (technical wriiting) expertise in support of the MDE management team (John Gilbert) Backup Material 19. Discussion of Consent Items A. Approval
of monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement
benefits (Lynn
House)
B. Report on Personnel Actions
(Cassandra Moore) 20.
Consideration of Executive Session
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