Mississippi Board of Education
February 15, 2007
10:00 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
01. Report of State Superintendent of Education Backup Material
02. Report on Mississippi Virtual Public School (Gwenda Purnell) Backup Material PowerPoint Material
03. Discussion of establishing State Dropout Prevention Plan, 2007-2019 Backup Material (Sheril Smith)
04. Report on the Corrective Action Plan to address the USDE Audit Findings for the Mississippi Department of Education (Beth Sewell) Backup Material
05. Report on Jefferson Davis County School District (Steve Williams) Backup Material
06. 2007 Legislative Update (Steve Williams) Backup Material
07. Discussion of amending State Board Policy No. 1402 and Policy No. 1404
(Hank Bounds) Backup Material
08. Discussion of repealing State Board Policy No. 1600
(Hank Bounds) Backup Material
09. Discussion of repealing State Board Policy GBRJ-1 (currently numbered 4800) (Steve Williams) Backup Material
10. Discussion of awarding Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program Grants (Kris Kaase) Backup Material
11. Discussion of awarding competitive grants for Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program (Sonya Amis) Backup Material
12. Discussion of a methodology to distribute federal funds for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (Sonya Amis) Backup Material
12a. Discussion to award grant dollars by modifying existing grants for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (Sonya Amis) Backup Material
13. Discussion of postponement of Jackson State University’s (JSU) National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) visit from Fall 2007 to Fall 2008 (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
14. Discussion of approving the Postsecondary Interim Vocational Certificate as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
15. Discussion of revision of Licensure Guidelines for Tech Prep Discovery Courses as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
16. Discussion of the Office of Accounting Structure (Martez Hill) Backup Material
17. Discussion of ITS contract modification with CCH, Incorporated ($90,545) to act as a Project Manager for the maintenance and enhancements to a computer payment system operated by the Office of Child Nutrition (Regina Ginn) Backup Material
18. Discussion of appointment of Director of the Office of Special Education (Special Assistant to the Executive to the State Superintendent for Instructional Programs and Services, Bureau Director II) (Ethel Cain Carson) Backup Material
19. Report of Personnel Actions (Ethel Cain Carson) Backup Material
20. Continuing in effect Board’s Declaration of State of Emergency based on the result of Hurricane Katrina (Steve Williams) Backup Material
21. Awarding competitive contracts to various manufacturers to provide distribution of food products to local organizations in the State Food Purchasing Program (All Regions in the State) (Regina Ginn) Backup Material
22. Change order for State Public School Building Fund (Regina Ginn) Backup Material
23. Completed construction project for State Public School Building Fund (Regina Ginn) Backup Material
24. Revisions of Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools of Mississippi 2006-2007 that will be reflected in the Approved Courses for Secondary Schools of Mississippi 2007-2008
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Kris Kaase) Backup Material Backup Material
25. Recommendations on exceptions to student enrollment in grades 1-4 (Kris Kaase) Backup Material
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