May 17, 2007
10:00 A.M.
4th
Floor Boardroom
Agenda
01. Report of State Superintendent of Education
02. Discussion of determination by the
Commission on School Accreditation that an extreme emergency situation exists
in the
03. Discussion of request to Governor that
the Governor declare a state of emergency in the
04. Discussion of appointment for Interim
Conservator for
05. Discussion of contract for Interim
Conservator for
06. Discussion to award state funds to
Bolton-Edwards Elementary/Middle School (Steve Williams)
07. Discussion of approving Education
Commission of States 2008 membership dues $67,700
(Steve Williams)
08. Report
of Personnel Actions (Ethel Cain Carson)
09. Discussion to revise
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Transition Plan (James
Sardin)
10. Discussion to award
grants to pilot sites in support of Redesigning Education for the 21st
Century Workforce in
11. Discussion
of the revision of the Procedures for Calculating Graduation, Completion and
Dropout Counts and Rates by Tracking Cohorts of Students in MSIS (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures
Act process with no public comments) (Sheril Smith)
12. Discussion of deleting
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
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris Kaase) Backup Material Backup Material
13. Discussion of approving the 2007
(Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris Kaase)
14. Discussion
of approving the 2007
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public commens) (Kris
Kaase)
15. Discussion
of approving 2006
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris
Kaase) Backup Material Backup Material
16. Discussion
of contract with PREPS, Inc. to provide professional services to facilitate the
delivery of selected trainings for administrators, teachers, and
paraprofessionals (Kris Kaase)
17. Discussion of revision of 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 (Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris
Kaase)
18. Discussion to revise State Board of Education Policy 7601
Mississippi Statewide Assessment System Assessment of Special Populations
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public
comments) (Kris Kaase)
19. Discussion
of contract with MAXIMUS, Incorporated to provide extended timelines and
increase in authority for payment of contractual work completed under the
Medicaid School Based Administrative Claiming Program
(Kris
Kaase)
20. Report on Mattie T.
Consent Decree (Kris Kaase)
21. Discussion to modify
competitive grants to JSU, MSU and S-RESA for the Migrant Education Program
(Year 2 of a 3 Year subgrant) (Sonya Amis)
22. Discussion
of Evaluation Team members to evaluate in schools designated as Priority Schools beginning Fall 2007 as
required by MS Code §37-18-3 (Sonya Amis)
23. Discussion of the
Mississippi School of the Arts to accept a $792,000 Department of Housing and
Urban Development Neighborhood Initiative grant received by the Mississippi
School of the Arts Foundation through Senator Thad Cochran’s office (Daphne
Buckley)
24. Discussion of the Three New Technology
Endorsement Codes as recommended by the
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure
Development (Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment)
(Daphne Buckley)
25. Discussion of school districts with need
for administrators to participate in the Mississippi School Administrator
Sabbatical Program
(Daphne Buckley)
26. Consideration of Executive Session
Consent Items
A. Continuing in effect Board’s Declaration of State
Emergency based on result of Hurricane Katrina
B. Awarding
competitive
contracts to bread vendors for product distribution to local organizations
participating in the State Food Purchasing Program (All Regions in the State)
(Regina Ginn)
C. Awarding competitive contracts to produce vendors for product distribution to local organizations participating in the State Food Purchasing Program (Six Regions in the State) (Regina Ginn) Backup Material
D. Contract modification with
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