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Mississippi
Board of Education
October
20, 2011
1:00
P.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central
High
School
Building
359 North West Street
Jackson
,
Mississippi
Agenda
01. Report of State Superintendent of
Education (Tom Burnham)
02. Report
on State Board of Education Subcommittee meetings
03. Discussion
of submission of waiver for flexibility on specific requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(Tom
Burnham)
04. Discussion of contract with Mike Kent to
serve as Interim Deputy Superintendent in the Office of State Superintendent (Tom
Burnham) Backup Material
05. Report on North Panola School District
(Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
06. Report on Hazlehurst City School District
(Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
07. Report of Facility Safety Assessments for
Conservator Schools (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
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08. Report on Schools Affected by
Accountability Laws (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material Backup Material Backup Material
09. Discussion
of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to establish State Board
Policy 5150 – Mississippi Recovery School District (Conservatorship) (Larry
Drawdy) Backup Material
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10. Discussion
of revision of State Board Policy 3106 – Youth Detention Center Educational
Provisions
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with one public comment) (Larry
Drawdy) Backup Material Backup Material Backup Material
11. Discussion
of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to remove/ revise the
following State Board Policies (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material Backup Material
A.
Removal
of State Board Policy 4006 – School Resource Officer Basic Course
B.
Removal
of State Board Policy 4007 – School Safety Officer Basic Course
C.
Removal
of State Board Policy 6005 – Historical Sites
D.
Removal of State Board Policy 7909 –
Inspection of Buses
E.
Removing
of State Board Policy 8001 – School Violence
F.
Revision
of State Board Policy 6200 – Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
G.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7901 – Bids
H.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7902 – Drivers
I.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7903 – Driver Training/Motor Vehicle Record
Check
J.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7905 – Employment Process
K.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7906 – Minimum Qualifications
L.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7907 – Emergency Removal
M.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7910 – Leased Buses
N.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7911 – Pupil Transportation Guide
O.
Revision
of State Board Policy 7912 – Repair
Shops
12. Discussion of contract with Joseph
Francis Murphy for the redesigning of leadership preparation programs in
Mississippi (Lynn House) Backup Material
13. Discussion of modifying the Mathematics
and Science Partnerships Program Grant awards for Year 3 (Lynn House) Backup Material
14. Discussion of awarding a continuation
grant to Mississippi State University – Mississippi Migrant Education Service
Center for the Migrant Education Program (Lynn House) Backup Material
15. Discussion
of awarding a grant to Teach for America/Mississippi
Delta to recruit, train, and support recent college graduates who commit to
teach in hard to staff schools for two years (Lynn House)
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16. Discussion
of modifying contract with NCS Pearson, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2012 to increase
the scope of technical services and products for the Mississippi Curriculum
Test, Second Edition (MCT2) (Lynn House)
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17. Discussion
of modifying contract with NCS Pearson, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2012 to increase
the scope of technical services and products for the Mississippi Subject Area
Testing Program, Second Edition (SATP2) (Lynn House) Backup Material
18. Discussion
of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to revise the following State
Board Policies (Lynn House)
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A.
Revision of selected Vocational
Education board policies to reflect a change in policy title and program names
B.
Revision of State Board Policy
8201—Appeals Procedures for Consortia/Area Vocational School Joint Planning
Waiver
C.
Revision of State Board Policy
8204—Assurance of Equal Access to Vocational Programs
D.
Revision of State Board Policy
8207—Vocational Courses Designation
E.
Revision of State Board Policy
8213—New Program Approval for Vocational Ongoing Programs
F.
Revision of State Board Policy
8302—Allocation of Vocational Education Plan Funds to Local Educational
Agencies
G.
Revision of State Board Policy
8401—Local Vocational Counselor
H.
Revision of State Board Policy
8402—Local Vocational and Technical Education Administrator
I.
Revision of State Board Policy
8403—Assignment Schedule of Local Vocational Personnel
J.
Revision of State Board Policy
8500—Certification of Basic Skills Training and/or Retraining for Tax Credit
K.
Revision of State Board Policy
8801—Acquisition and Accountability of Vocational Instructional Equipment
L.
Revision of State Board Policy
9000—Vocational Licensure
M.
Revision of State Board Policy
9202—Local Reimbursable Expense Items-Construction
N. Revision
of State Board Policy 9205—Revenues
19. Discussion
of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to revise Appendix A and Standard 20 of the Mississippi Public School Accountability
Standards, 2010, to include the Career Pathway Options as required by
Section 37-16-17 of the Mississippi Code
of 1972, as amended (John Gilbert)
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20. Discussion
of 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
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material
21. Discussion of the 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
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material
22. Discussion
of 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
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
23. Consideration
of 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 (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
24. Discussion
of request from William Carey University for a Master’s Program in Educational
Leadership as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator
Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material
25. Discussion of school districts with need
for administrators to participate in the
Mississippi
School Administrator Sabbatical Program (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material Backup Material
26. Discussion
of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act
process to modify the existing Mississippi Teacher Appraisal System for use in
the Teacher Incentive Fund Grant School Districts (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material Backup Material Backup Maerial Backup Material
27. Discussion
of Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Advisory Board appointments
(Daphne Buckley) Backup Material Backup Material
28. Discussion of Consent Items
A. Monthly contracts with former State Employees
receiving retirement benefits (Lynn
House)
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B. Modification of joint agreement between
the Lafayette County School District
and the Oxford
School District for the
operation and maintenance of the
Oxford/Lafayette County School of Applied
Technology (Lynn House)
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C. New school site for the Jackson Public School
District
(Larry
Drawdy) Backup Material Backup Material Backup Material
D. Report on Personnel Actions (Cassandra Moore) Backup Material
29. Consideration of Executive Session
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