May 18, 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 April 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, May 17, 2007)
02. Approval
of determination by the Commission on School Accreditation that an extreme
emergency situation exists in the Jefferson Davis County School District which
jeopardizes the educational interest of the children enrolled in the schools in
the District and that this emergency situation is related to leadership and
management deficiencies in the District
(Office of Educational Accountability)
03. Approval of request to Governor that the
Governor declare a state of emergency in the
(Office of Educational Accountability)
04. Approval of appointment of Interim Conservator
for
(Office of Educational Accountability)
05. Approval of contract for Interim
Conservator for
(Office of Educational Accountability)
06. Approval to award state funds to Bolton-Edwards
Elementary/Middle School
(Office of
Educational Accountability)
07. Approval
for the Education Commission of States 2008 membership dues $67,700.
(Office of Educational Accountability)
09. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To revise the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Transition Plan
(Office of Business and Support Services)
10. Approval
to award grants to pilot sites in support of Redesigning Education for the 21st
Century Workforce in
(Office
of Business and Support Services)
11. Approval 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 comment)
(Office of Business and Support Services)
12. Approval
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
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comment)
(Office of Instructional Programs and
Services)
13. Approval of the 2007
(Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with public comment)
(Office of Instructional and
Support Services)
14. Approval of the 2007
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public
comment)
(Office of Instructional Programs
and Services)
15. Approval to revise the 2006
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public
comment)
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
16. Approval to contract with PREPS, Inc. to provide
professional services to facilitate the delivery of selected trainings for
administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
17. Approval
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
(Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with public comment)
(Office of Instructional Programs and
Services)
18. Approval to revise State Board of
Education Policy 7601 Mississippi Statewide Assessment System Assessment of Special
Populations
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with /with no public comment)
(Office of Instructional Programs and
Services)
19. Approval
of contract modification with Maximus to provide extended timelines and an
increase in authority for payment of contractual work completed under the
Medicaid School Based Administrative Claiming Program
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
21. Approval to modify competitive grants
to JSU, MSU and S-RESA for the Migrant Education Program (Year 2 of a 3 Year
subgrant)
(Office of Instructional Programs
and Services)
22. Approval
of Evaluation Team members to evaluate in schools designated as Priority
Schools beginning Fall 2007 as required by MS Code §37-18-3
(Office of Instructional Programs and
Services)
23. Approval for 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
(Office of Quality Professionals and
24. Approval
of 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 comments)
(Office
of Quality Professionals and
25. Approval of school districts with need for
administrators to participate in the Mississippi School Administrator
Sabbatical Program
(Office of
Quality Professionals and
27. Approval to adopt the recommendations of the Hearing Officer, the Executive Secretary to the Mississippi Board of Education, to impose the consequence of dismissal on Students 001, 002, 003, 004 and 005 from the Mississippi School for Mathematics & Science for committing the offense of “exiting the residence halls after curfew” on May 4, 2007
(Office of State Superintendent of Education)
VII. Approval of Consent Items
A. 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
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)
B. Approval
to award competitive contracts to bread vendors for product distribution to
local organizations participating in the State Food Purchasing Program (All
Regions in the State)
(Office of
Business and Support Services)
C. Approval to award competitive contracts to produce vendors for product distribution to local organizations participating in the State Food Purchasing Program (Six Regions in the State)
(Office
of Business and Support Services)
D. Approval
of contract modification with
(Office of Quality
Professionals and
VIII.
Recognition
Ceremony
Chairman’s Award and
Regional Champion in the
F.I.R.S.T.
Bayou Regional Competition
Provine
High School Robotics Team, Jackson
Exemplary Inclusion Program Winners
2007
Janie W. Jarvis,
Amy V. Blackmon,
Pearlie R. Simpson,
Sandra Martin,
IX.
State Board of
Education
01.
Report on
meetings attended
02.
Approval of
attendance at meetings
X.
Other Business
XI. Adjournment
NOTE: Cellular telephones and pagers that give an audible
signal are not permitted during Board meetings.