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Mississippi Board of Education |
Mississippi Board of Education
June 16, 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 May 18-19, 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, June
15, 2006)
Office of Business and Support Services (Martez
Hill)
02. Approval to begin the
Administrative Procedures Act process:
To adopt school district vending regulations to determine what and when
products can be sold on the school campus
05. Approval to award
competitive grants to local school districts for “Phase IV” of the EPSDT School
Nurse Program
06. Approval of grant renewals for School Health Pilot Programs
07. Approval to contract with Murle Kitchen to assist with management of the Statewide Purchasing Program
08. Approval of appointment of Bureau
Director II for the Office of Curriculum and Instruction
09. Approval of appointment of Bureau
Director II for the Office of Instructional Development and Student
Organizations
11. Approval
of additional sites and allocations for the Agricultural and Environmental
Science and Technology (AEST) program initiative
12. Approval
of FY2007 financial allocations for vocational-technical programs and services
13. Approval to contract with Melior-Delaware, Inc. to allow access to online training and education services and a Learning Management System for the implementation of Automotive Technical Online Training
Office of Educational Accountability (Steve
Williams)
14. Approval of contract renewal with the Office of the
Attorney General to provide the full-time equivalent of two attorneys and the
half-time equivalent of one attorney to perform legal services for the State
Board of Education
15. 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 disaster
16. Approval
of grant awards for Special Projects Appropriated by the Mississippi
Legislature, House Bill 1559
17. Approval of reports which contain student, fiscal and personnel data
subject to State Board of Education policy on withholding Mississippi Adequate
Education Program Funds for the 2006-2007 School Year (Policy No. DFBG-2)
18. Approval to begin the Administrative
Procedures Act process: To revise
language in current State Board Policy to reflect changes in the rules and
regulations regarding the administration of funds appropriated for Education
Enhancement Funds for Classroom Supplies and Materials, Pursuant to Senate Bill
2602, enacted by the Mississippi Legislature during its regular 2006 session
Office of Instructional Programs and Services (Beth
Sewell)
19. Approval to modify
contract with Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to add deliverables and reduce contract
amount for the Subject Area Testing Program (SATP)
20. Approval of modification
of grant awards to existing Mississippi Reading First school districts
22. Approval of an Accredited Status for Holy Child Jesus School
24. Approval to modify the selected high schools to participate in the National Governors Association Honors Grant Program
25. Approval
of contract modification for Joe Haynes to continue to serve as Interim
Conservator for the Holmes County School District
27. Approval of amendment to the No Child
Left Behind Consolidated State Plan to revise the methodology of the 21st
Century Community Learning Centers Grant
(Has cleared the Administrative
Procedures Act process with public comments)
28. Approval of contract modification with Gulf Coast Education Initiative to continue to monitor and provide technical assistance to all nonpublic and private schools awarded Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations funds
29. Approval to modify the approved list of Supplemental Educational Service (SES) Providers to add one provider and remove another provider
30. Approval to contract with Florida Virtual Schools to provide online courses for students through Mississippi Virtual School
31. Approval to contract with Aventa Learning to provide online courses for students through Mississippi Virtual School
Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools (Daphne
Buckley)
32. Approval
of school districts with need for administrators to participate in the
Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program
33. Approval
to establish New Endorsement Code #909 for Elementary Special Education (K-6)
for High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) option 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)
34. Approval to establish New Endorsement Code #910 for Special Education (K-12) for Fundamental Subjects Test: Praxis II 0511 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)
35. Approval
to revise Middle Grades 4-8 Endorsement Codes from 4-8 to 7-8 to Align with
Highly Qualified Definition 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)
36. Approval
to establish the American Board Certification for Teacher Excellence (ABCTE)
Alternate Route Program as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and
Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development
(Has
cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments)
37. Approval to award a
grant to MS School Boards Association to conduct continuing education courses
for local school board members
38. Approval of the Mississippi School of the
Arts Wellness Plan
39. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Admissions Criteria for the Mississippi School of
the Arts
40. Approval
of a five year, renewable Agreement for Service between the Mississippi
Department of Education and Entergy Mississippi, Inc. for the Mississippi
School of the Arts that will reduce monthly charges for electrical service on
the Mississippi School of the Arts campus beginning July 1, 2006
41. Approval
to authorize the Mississippi School of the Arts staff to work with the MS
Department of Archives and History to proceed with the removal of Elizabeth
Cottage from the school campus in accordance with guidelines for historic
property
42. Approval of the Interlocal Agreement between the Mississippi School of the Arts and Brookhaven School District for 2006-2007 school year
43. Approval of one-year grant to Mississippi University for Women to operate the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science for the 2006-2007 school year
44. Approval
of grant with the University of Mississippi to manage the Mississippi Teacher
Fellowship and Extension for Veteran Teachers Program
VII. Recognition Ceremony
§
2004-2005 Tech Prep Exemplary Site
Water Valley High School
§
“Do The Write Thing Challenge” winners
Shaniqua
McCarty, Heidelberg High School, East Jasper School District
Mason
Seidenburg, West Jones High School, West Jones School District
§
Retiring District Superintendents
VIII. State Board of Education
01.
Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
02.
Approval of meeting dates for Fiscal Year 2007
03.
Report on meetings attended
04.
Approval of attendance at meetings
05.
Discussion of National Association of State Boards of
Education membership
IX. Other Business
X. Adjournment