Mississippi Board of Education
March 16, 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 February 15-16, 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, March 15, 2007)
04. Approval of
contract modification with Capital Security Services, Inc. for the
provision of security services on the campus of the Mississippi Schools for the
Blind and the Deaf
(Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools
05. [PULLED]
06. Approval of contract modification with Day, Certified Public
Accountant to serve as the financial advisor for the
(Office of Educational Accountability)
07. Approval of the establishment of the State
Dropout Prevention Plan, 2007-2019 (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments)
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
08. Approval of contract with Brenda J. Hankins/Applied Training Corporation
to develop the Recertification Course for School Foodservice Program Managers
and Administrators, provide training for School Food Service Administrators,
and conduct Train the Trainer Course
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
09. Approval of
Appointment of School Finance Officer for the Office of Federal Financial
Management
(Office
of Business and Support Services)
10. Approval of Appointment of Bureau
Director II for the Office of Accreditation
(Office
of Business and Support Services)
12. Approval of the methodology for selecting
the Pilot Sites for Redesigning Education for the 21st Century
Workforce in
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
13. Approval to
award grants for Even Start Family Literacy Programs
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
14. Approval
of contract modification of Reading First Monitors
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
15. Approval
of the
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public
comments)
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
16. Approval
of contract with
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
17. Approval
of contract modification with Aventa Learning to increase the number of
students for courses through summer school 2007 for the
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
VII. Approval of Consent Items
01. 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 Hurricane
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 disaster
(Office of Educational Accountability)
02. Approval of a new school site for the
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
03. Approval of two (2) new school sites for
the
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
04. Approval of revisions to the Mississippi Secondary and Postsecondary Curriculum Frameworks (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office of Business and
Support Services)
05. Approval
of contract modification with Gulf Coast Education Initiative to continue to
monitor and provide technical assistance to all nonpublic and private schools
awarded Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations funds
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
06. Approval
of contract modification for Billy R. Watson to continue to assist in
administering the Hurricane Katrina Restart grants and School Emergency
Response to Violence (Project SERV) for the Mississippi Department of Education
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
VIII.
Recognition Ceremony
Madhavi
IX.
State Board of
Education
01.
Report on meetings
attended
02.
Approval of attendance at meetings
03. June Board Meeting
X.
Other Business
XI. Adjournment
NOTE: Cellular telephones and pagers that give an audible signal are not permitted during Board meetings.