Mississippi Board of Education
February 16, 2007
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 18-19, 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,
February 15, 2007)
03. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures
Act process: To establish the State
Dropout Prevention Plan, 2007-2019
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
07.
Approval to amend State Board Policy
No. 1402 and Policy No. 1404
(Office of the State
Superintendent)
08. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act
process: To repeal State Board Policy
No. 1600
(Office of the State
Superintendent)
09. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To repeal State Board Policy GBRJ-1
(currently numbered 4800)
(Office of Educational Accountability)
10. Approval
to award Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program Grants
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
11. Approval
to award competitive grants for Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Program
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
12. Approval of a methodology to distribute federal funds for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
12a. Approval to award grant dollars by modifying existing grants for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations
(Office of Instructional Programs and Services)
13. Approval of postponement of Jackson State University's (JSU) National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) visit from Fall 2007 to Fall 2008
(Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools)
14. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act Process:
To approve the Postsecondary
Interim Vocational Certificate as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools)
15. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act Process:
To revise the Licensure
Guidelines for Tech Prep Discovery Courses
as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education,
Certification and Licensure Development
(Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools)
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
17. Approval 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
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
18.
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
VII. Approval of Consent Items
20. 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
(Office of Educational Accountability)
21. Approval
to award 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)
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
22. Approval
of change order for State Public School Building Fund
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
23. Approval
of completed construction project for State Public School Building Fund
(Office of Business and Support
Services)
24. Approval
of revisions to the 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)
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
25. Approval
for recommendation on exceptions to student enrollment in grades 1-4
(Office
of Instructional Programs and Services)
VIII. Recognition Ceremony
§
Petal High
School
2005-2006
Tech Prep Exemplary Site
§
James E. Sardin, Mississippi Department of Education
Dr. Jimmy McCully, Starkville
National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Award winners
§ Cleveland School District
First in the state to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)2005-2006 Tech Prep Exemplary Site
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.