Mississippi Board of Education
February 17, 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 January 19-20, 2006
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,
February 16, 2006)
Office of the State
Superintendent
Office of Human Resources
25. Approval
of appointment of Bureau Director I for the Early and Periodic Screening and
Diagnostic Treatment Program (EPSDT), within the Office of Healthy Schools
Office of Educational Accountability (Steve Williams)
04. Approval of reassignment of Financial Advisor for Greenville
Public School District
05. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act process:
To establish The Achievement Level Index – ALI: A new metric for
reporting the performance of schools and school districts based on results of
the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System
06. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act process:
To establish a new method for identifying successful school districts
for use in MAEP calculations; new method based on the Achievement Model of the
Mississippi Statewide Accountability System
Office of Instructional Programs and Services (Susan
Rucker)
08-a. Approval
to eliminate the narrative writing prompt of the Subject Area Testing Program
English II Writing Assessment
09. Approval
of the 2007 Mississippi Mathematics Framework, as recommended by the
Mathematics Curriculum Framework Writing Team (Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with public comments)
10. Approval of revisions to
the Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools of Mississippi, 2005-2006
that will be reflected in the Approved Courses for Secondary Schools of
Mississippi 2006-2007
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments)
11. Approval
to award Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program Grants
12. Approval to modify interagency agreement
number 36112 between the Division of Information Systems Services of the
Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services and the Mississippi
Department of Education to increase funds to implement Phase III of the
contract with the Office of Information and Technology Services (ITS) for
enhancements to MSIS not to exceed $120,600 (total contract $250,600)
13. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2004
14. Approval of an
Accredited-Temporary status for Millcreek of Meadville School
15. Approval of a methodology to select high schools to participate in the National Governors Association Honors Grant Program
16. Approval
of the selected high schools to participate in the National Governors
Association Honors Grant Program
17. Approval
to award grant dollars for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the
Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations
18. Approval of contract
with Gulf Coast Education Initiative to monitor all nonpublic and private
grantees that received the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations funds
19. Approval
of a methodology to award grant dollars for Hurricane Katrina Education
Recovery Act through the Impact Aid for Displaced Students
20. [PULLED]
Office of Quality Educators (Daphne
Buckley)
21. Approval
to revise the Guidelines for the Three-Year Vocational Educator License for
Non-Degree Applicants, 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)
22. Approval
to establish Cut Scores for Validated Praxis II Exams, 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)
23. Approval
to revise the Five-Year Entry Level Alternate Route Administrator License, as
recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification
and Licensure Development (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act
process with public comments)
24. Approval
of appointment to Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education,
Certification and Licensure Development
VII. Approval of Consent Items
27. State Board of Health. $41,000.00. 03/01/06 – 06/30/06. Federal funds
(Office of Healthy Schools –
Regina Ginn)
The Office of Child Nutrition administers the Summer
Food Service Program (SFSP). This
program is designed to meet the nutritional needs of children during extended
summer school vacation. USDA, SFSP
funds have been designated specifically for site health inspections. The Mississippi State Board of Health is the
governing body, charged by State law, with the responsibility to regulate food
service sanitation. All food served in
foodservice facilities in this state are subject to regulations and sanitation
inspections by MS State Board of Health.
The contract will provide required inspections of sites for
participation in the Summer Food Service Program. Therefore, this independent contractor is the sole source for
procurement in Mississippi for this purpose.
The contractor is not a former employee or related to any Department
employee.
28. Full-Line Distributor. 01/16/06 – 06/30/06.
Merchants Foodservice, Inc. No
MDE funds involved. Emergency
procurement
(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)
The
contract will provide service and delivery of food, supplies and USDA
Commodities to local organizations in Region 3 of the State Purchasing
Program. Payment will be made directly
to the contractors by the local organizations purchasing these products. The Office of Child Nutrition will administer
the contract; no MDE funds will be expended for these services. City Wholesale was awarded the original
contract at the June 2005 State Board meeting.
The company was sold in December to another entity and will no longer
operate as a food distributor for school districts in the state. City Wholesale, therefore, asked to be
released from their contractual obligations with Mississippi Department of
Education. The State Superintendent approved an
emergency procurement request on January 9, 2006. A contract was offered to the Merchants Foodservice Company
effective January 16, 2006, after the emergency approval was made. Merchants Foodservice will make deliveries
of food and supplies to the school districts and payment for service will be
made directly from the school districts to the company.
VIII.
Recognition Ceremony
§
Thomas Watts, Madison Middle School, Madison
2005 Gilder-Lehrman History Teacher of the Year
§
Janet Wagner, Beechwood Elementary School, Vicksburg
Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Outstanding School Clinician of the Year
IX.
State Board of
Education
01. Report
on meetings attended
02. Approval
of attendance at meetings
X. Other Business
XI. Adjournment