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Mississippi Board of Education |
Mississippi Board of Education
August 18, 2006
8:30 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Agenda
I.
Call to order
II.
Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag and Invocation
III.
Approval of Minutes of
Meeting of July 20-21, 2006
IV.
Additions or
deletions/approval of agenda
V.
Report of the Chair
VI. Approval of Action Items
(The Friday agenda contains
action items only and therefore may not be in numerical sequence)
03. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To adopt school district snack
regulations to determine what and when products can be sold (Office of Business and Support Services)
04. Approval
of methodology for awarding discretionary grants to the local school districts
currently participating in the EPSDT School Nurse Program under Phases I, II,
and III (Office
of Business and Support Services)
05. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Mississippi
Minimum Standards for School Buses (SBE Policy EDJ) to become effective with new bid period beginning October 1,
2006
06. Approval of request to contract for pupil
transportation services
07. Approval of a Memorandum of Agreement
between the Mississippi Department of Education and the State Board for
Community and Junior Colleges necessary to operate Post-Secondary Vocational
and Technical Education programs for the State of Mississippi (Office
of Business and Support Services)
08. [PULLED]
09. [PULLED]
10. [PULLED]
11. Approval
of FY 2007 Legislative Priorities Brochure (Office of
Educational Accountability)
12. 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)
13. Approval
of the request from the Richton School District to issue a Tax and Revenue
Anticipation Note with a twenty-four month maturity date as authorized by
Section 37-59-37 as amended by Senate Bill 2014 passed during the 2005 Fifth
Extraordinary Session (Office of
Educational Accountability)
14. Approval
of five-year district proposals under the new regulations for the gifted
education program (Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
15. Approval of revision of the Textbook Administration Handbook’s Rules and
Regulations
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act
process with public comments) (Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
16. Approval
of appointments to the State Advisory Panel for Special Education (Office of
Instructional Programs and Services)
18. Approval of Mississippi Alternate Assessment of Extended
Curriculum Frameworks (MAAECF) Student Proficiency Level (Cut) Scores and
General Student Proficiency Level
Descriptors (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process
with public comments) (Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
19. Approval
of contract modification for Jane Black to continue to manage the accounting
portion for the non-public and private schools of the Hurricane Katrina Restart
Program for MDE
20. Approval
of contract modification for Joe Haynes to continue to serve as Interim
Conservator for the Holmes County School District
(Office
of Instructional Programs and
Services)
21. Approval
of contract modification for Billy R. Watson to continue to assist in
administering the Hurricane Katrina grants for MDE
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
22. Approval
of contract modification for Howard Sanders to continue to serve as Interim
Conservator for the North Bolivar School District
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
23. Approval of appointments to the Commission on School
Accreditation
24. Approval
to award grants for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the
Assistance for Homeless Youth Program
(Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
25. Approval of requests for relief related to the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Includes “hold harmless” waiver requests for the state Achievement and Growth Models and requests for a one-year delay of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under NCLB (Office of Educational Accountability)
26.
27. Approval to renew subgrant awards in support of 21st
Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) (Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
28. Approval to contract with Mississippi
Public Broadcasting
29. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To establish the Mississippi Virtual Public School State Board
Policy
(Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
30. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To establish the Mississippi Virtual Public School Handbook
(Office of Instructional Programs and
Services)
31. Approval
to establish Cut Scores for Validated Praxis II Exams, as recommended by the
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification, and Licensure
Development
32. Approval
to revise the Current Five-Year Educator License – School Psychologist policy
from “Complete an approved specialist degree program in school psychology ” to
“Complete a specialist degree or equivalent program approved by the National
Association of School Psychologist-NASP as recommended by the Commission on
Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
33. Approval of the Mississippi School for the
Blind 2006-07 Endowment Fund Budget (Office
of Quality Professionals and Special Schools)
34. Approval of the Mississippi School for the Deaf 2006-07
Endowment Fund Budget (Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools)
35. Approval of appointment of School
Finance Officer for Office of Internal Accountability (Office of Business and Support
Services)
36. Approval
of appointment of
Bureau Director II (Special Assistant to the Deputy Superintendent for Business
and Support Services), Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention (Office of Business and Support Services)
37. Approval to increase the
salary of the Senior Assistant for the Office of Research and Statistics (Office of Business and Support Services)
VII. Approval of Consent Items
39. Approval to contract with Mississippi
Society for Disabilities
40. Approval of change orders for the State
Public School Building Fund
41. Approval of final projects for the State
Public School Building Fund
VIII.
Recognition Ceremony
§
Peggy Carlisle, Jackson Public Schools
Inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame
§
Dr. Earl Watkins,
Jackson Public Schools
2006 Superintendent
of the Year
§
Bobbie Clifton, North Bolivar School District
Winner of the Dolly Pardon Chasing Rainbows Award
IX.
State Board of
Education
01.
Report on meetings
attended
02.
Approval of attendance
at meetings
X.
Other Business
XI. Adjournment