UAgenda

I. Call to order

II. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

III. Approval of Minutes of Meeting of December 15-16, 2005

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, January 19, 2006)

UOffice of State SuperintendentU (Hank Bounds)

01a. Approval of Appointment of the Deputy Superintendent of Business and Support Services

Office of Vocational Education and Workforce Development

04. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To

revise The Mississippi Secondary and Postsecondary Curriculum Frameworks

UOffice of Instructional Programs and ServicesU (Susan Rucker)

05. Approval of a methodology to distribute federal funds for Hurricane

Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations

06. Approval to award grant dollars for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations

07. Approval to implement, in part, the termination for convenience clause of the FY 2006 contract with CTB/McGraw-Hill due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina

08. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Educable Child policies

09. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the model guidelines for developing district policies regarding HIV infection and communicable disease control as required by State Board Policy JGCC

10. Approval of methodology for awarding grants to provide HIV education to local school districts in high-risk areas

UOffice of Quality EducatorsU (Daphne Buckley)

11. Approval to modify contract with University of Mississippi to implement additional administrator training and follow up in the area of instructional leadership

12. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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

13. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To establish Cut Scores for Validated Praxis II Exams, as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development

14. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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

VII. UApproval of Consent ItemsU

16. Krista Kimble Russell. $32,320.06 (increase of $14,052.20). 08/11/05 – 06/30/06. State funds. Pool of Service ProvidersU (Office of Quality Educators – Daphne Buckley)

Contractor will provide instruction and training to the Mississippi School of the Arts students in social studies through successful classroom management practices. She will create course goals, prepare syllabi, assign lessons, and evaluate student content

mastery utilizing multiple modes of assessment. The contractor will monitor and issue timely reports on student progress, keep

accurate attendance reports and regularly communicate with parents. She will prepare students for the US History Subject Area Test. The contractor has a master’s degree in social studies, holds

MS teacher certification, and has taught successfully during the first semester at MSA. This contract will enable her to continue teaching through the school year. The contractor is not a former Department employee or related to any Department employee.

17. Approval of change orders for State Public School Building Fund

(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)

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.

18. Approval of final projects for State Public School Building Fund

(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)

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.

19. Approval of alteration in school district boundary lines

(Office of Healthy Schools – Regina Ginn)

Section 37-7-105 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, sets out the procedure to be used to alter district boundaries or consolidate school districts. Subsection (1) states, in pertinent part, as follows: “In the event the change in the school district lines are either precleared by the United States Department of Justice, or approved by the United States District Court, the State Board of Education shall formally declare the new lines as the new boundaries of the school districts.” The Yazoo County School District and the Yazoo City School District presented a Joint Motion to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The two districts jointly moved the Court to alter their school district boundaries pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the Board of Trustees of both districts. The Court approved the Motion, authorized the two districts to implement the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, and ordered the desegregation orders for both school districts amended to reflect the change of boundaries.

VIII. Recognition Ceremony

§ 2005 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools

Gautier High School, Pascagoula School District

Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula School District

Pass Christian High School, Pass Christian School District

Senatobia Junior-Senior High School, Senatobia School District

IX. State Board of Education

01. Report on meetings attended

02. Approval of attendance at meetings

X. Other Business

XI. Adjournment