January 21, 2005
8:30 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
I.
Call to order
II.
Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag and Invocation
III.
Approval of Minutes of
Meeting of December 16-17, 2004
IV.
Additions or
deletions/approval of agenda
V.
Report of the Chair
VI. Approval of Consent Agenda Items
Contract
Modification
01. Full-Line
Food Distributor. 01/01/05 – 06/30/05. Competitive Bid Process. No MDE funds involved (Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)
The Office of Child Nutrition has a contract with The Merchants Company for warehousing and distribution of chilled and frozen products to school districts under the State Purchasing Program. The current contract dates are July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005, with an option to renew for three additional years. We are asking to modify this contract to include the warehousing and delivery of fresh and dried fruits and vegetables purchased from the Department of Defense (DOD) for our schools participating on the Fruit and Vegetable Programs. This modification would commence January 1, 2005 and coincide with the original contract dates (with accompanying option to renew).
The Merchants Company has agreed to provide this service at the same rate they currently deliver USDA products for the respective regions. It is the responsibility of the contractor to warehouse and deliver these products to local organizations that are participating in the Fruit and Vegetable Program. The Office of Child Nutrition administers the contract. Payment is made directly to the contractor by the local organizations. No MDE funds will be expended for these services. The owner and/or personnel who will be working under this contract are not former Department employees or related to any Department employees.
Grant
02. IHL. $44,649 (subject to availability of
funds). 01/21/05 – 06/30/05.
State
funds. Appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature, House Bill 1696
(Office of Educational Accountability – Steve
Williams)
The grantee will implement the Teach Mississippi Institute. The Institute is an intensive eight-week, nine-semester hour summer institute which includes instruction in education, effective teaching strategies, classroom management, state curriculum requirements, planning and instruction, instructional methods and pedagogy and use of test results to improve instruction.
Division of School Building
(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)
03. Approval of change orders for State
Public School Building Fund
The Office of
Safe and Orderly Schools requests approval of change orders for construction
projects. School districts are
requested to submit any modifications to an approved contract.
04. Approval
of final projects for State Public School Building Fund
The Office of
Safe and Orderly Schools requests approval of final projects for state public
school building funds. School districts
are requested to submit closing documents upon completion of construction
projects.
05. Approval
of school district facility site(s) for the location of the construction of
capital improvements
DeSoto County School District requests approval of a site for the construction of a new elementary school (grades K through 5 with an enrollment of approximately 600 students) and a new middle school (grades 6 through 8 with an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students) located on approximately 28 acres on Star Landing Road at Highway 61 in Walls, Mississippi.
06. Approval
of school district facility site(s) for the location of the construction of
capital improvements
DeSoto
County School District requests approval of a site for the construction of a
new middle school (grades 6 through 8 with an
enrollment of approximately 700 students) and a new high school (grades 9
through 12 with an enrollment of approximately 700 students) located on
approximately 35 acres on Kirk Road in Olive Branch, Mississippi.
VII. Other Action Items
Office of Deputy State
Superintendent (John Jordan)
01. Approval
of an articulation agreement between the Mississippi Board of Education, the
Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, and the
State Board for Community
Office of Financial Accountability
01. Approval of FY 2006 Mississippi Adequate Education Program Base Student Cost Back-up material
02. Approval
of Financial Advisor for the Amory School District Back-up material
Office of Healthy Schools
01. Approval
to contract with CCH Consulting to provide consulting services to oversee the
completion of a web-based payment system
02. Approval
to establish the definition and components of a behavior modification program
consistent with Section 37-13-92, Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated, as amended by House Bill 657 (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act
process with public comments)
Office of Educational Accountability (Steve
Williams)
01.
Approval of
modification of grant with Vision Research Corporation to increase the grant by
$35,000 to allow for screening of additional children
Office of
Accreditation
01. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act process:
To
revise the School Level Accountability Model based on
Achievement and Growth included in the Mississippi Statewide Accountability
System Back-up material
Office of Instructional Programs and
Services (Susan Rucker)
Office
of Academic Education
01. Approval to adopt the methodology to award community service
grants to local school
districts Back-up material
02. Approval to modify the
2003-2004 Mathematics and Science
Partnerships Program Grants
for Specified Services Back-up material
Office of School Improvement
01.
Approval
to award subgrant dollars in support of local school district
improvement efforts for Title I of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 Back-up materia
Office of
State Schools and Special Projects
01. Approval of Consolidated
Application for FY 2005 State and ESEA
Federal Grant Funds for the Mississippi School for
Mathematics and Science Back-up material
Office of Student Assessment
01. Approval of Biology I and U.S. History Student Proficiency
Level (Cut) Scores Back-up material
Office of Vocational and Technical
Education
01. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To
revise State Board Policy IL-2 (Vocational
Achievement/Vocational and Technical Ongoing Program Parameters) Back-up material
02. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To
revise The Mississippi Secondary and Postsecondary
Vocational Curriculum Frameworks
Office of Quality Educators (Daphne
Buckley)
Center
for Teacher and Leadership Development
01.
Approval
of methodology for awarding federal and state funds to
local school districts to provide
substitute teacher pay
for teachers participating in
professional development and training Back-up material
02. Approval of methodology for awarding
federal funds to the
Institutions
of Higher Learning to begin an intensive research-based process to redesign
teacher preparation programs at participating universities
03. Approval of grant renewal to Institutions of Higher Learning to assist four universities with the redesign of their teacher preparation programs Back-up material
Office of Educator Licensure
01. Approval of methodology to grant
discretionary funds to develop
and
deliver an Alternate Route Program for Administrators
02. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To
revise
Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12-Expansion of the Teach
Mississippi Institute, as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
03. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To
revise the Guidelines for Mississippi Educator Licensure K-12 – Administrator Alternate Route Program, as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development Back-up material
04. Approval of contract with the Community College Foundation to deliver Alternate Route Teacher Certification Training Back-up material / Revised 01/20/05
VIII. Recognition Ceremony
·
Primrose
Mangilog, student, Pecan Park Elementary School, Ocean Springs School District
Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award
·
Dr. Kim S. Benton,
Principal,
Oakland Heights Elementary School, Meridian School District
National Association of
Elementary School Principals’ National Distinguished Principal for Mississippi
·
Ronnie Shumaker,
Teacher, Oakland Heights Elementary School, Meridian School District
Outstanding
teaching accomplishments and 2004 State Winner Presidential Awards for
Mathematics and Science Teaching
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.