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Mississippi Board of Education
May 19, 2006
Board of Education Monthly Meeting
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Mississippi Board of Education
May 19, 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 April 13, 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, May 18,
2006)
Office of
Deputy State Superintendent (Martez Hill)
05. Approval
of methodology for awarding competitive grants to local school districts for
“Phase IV” of the EPSDT School Nurse Program
06. Approval
of methodology for awarding competitive grants to local school districts for
the 2007 Team Nutrition Grants
07. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise
State Board Policy JDF-1 (Discipline,
Reporting)
08. Approval
of the Educational Broadband Service Long-Term De Facto Lease Agreement
09. Approval of methodology for competitively written proposals from LEAs (local educational agencies) for school-based service-learning projects for the Learn and Serve America Program
Office of Educational Accountability (Steve
Williams)
10. Approval to adopt
amendment to the Department of Education Equal Employment Opportunity and
Affirmative Action Policy to include reference to Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972
11. Approval to reinstate 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 the educational needs resulting from this
disaster
12. Approval of establishing
a new method for identifying successful school districts for use in MAEP
calculations. The new method is based on the Achievement Model of the
Mississippi Statewide Accountability System
(Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments)
13. Approval of establishing
the Achievement Level Index – ALI: A
new metric for reporting the performance of schools and school districts based
on results of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System (Has cleared the
Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments)
14. Approval of Transportation Density Rate Table to be used in the
calculation of the FY 2006 Mississippi Adequate Education Program Allocation
Office of Instructional Programs and Services (Beth
Sewell)
15. Approval of contract with Authentic
Education for the purpose of providing services and
products for the Mississippi Curriculum Guides for reading/language arts and
mathematics
16. Approval
of renewing contract with the North Mississippi Educational Consortium to
continue to provide professional services to facilitate the delivery of
selected trainings related to K-3 reading instruction for the Office of
Reading, Early Childhood and Language Arts
17. Approval of contract modification with
Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services and products related to the English
Language Proficiency Test (ELPT)
18. Approval of contract modification with
Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services and products for the
Subject Area Testing Program (SATP)
19. Approval of contract modification with
Riverside Publishing to continue to provide services and products for the
Elementary and Middle Grades Science Assessment Program
20. Approval of contract modification with
CTB/McGraw-Hill to continue to provide services and products related to the
Grade Level Testing Program (GLTP)
21. Approval
to invalidate test scores from the Subject Area Testing Program
22. Approval
of awarding Mississippi Data-Based School Change Initiative grants
23. Approval of recognition of Exemplary Inclusion Programs
24. Approval
of issuing an approved list of Supplemental Educational Service (SES) Providers
25. Approval
of renewing subgrant awards in support of comprehensive school reform effort
26. Approval
to award grants for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the
Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations
27. Approval
of awarding discretionary grant to Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc. (JMG)
28. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To amend the NCLB Consolidated State Application to revise the
methodology for awarding competitive grants for the 21st Century
Community Learning Centers (Title IV, Part B, Subpart 2) Program
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30. [PULLED]
31. Approval
of Evaluation Team members to evaluate in schools designated as Priority
Schools beginning Fall 2006 as required by MS Code §37-18-3
32. Approval
of contract with the University of Mississippi to implement administrator
training and follow up in the area of instructional leadership
33. Approval
of contract with Desire2Learn for the purpose of acquiring a Learning
Management System (LMS) to host online courses for the Mississippi Virtual
School
Office of Quality Educators (Daphne
Buckley)
34. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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
35. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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
36. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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
37. Approval
to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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
38. Approval
of contract with Mississippi Community College Foundation to design, develop,
and implement an Alternate Route Administrator Preparation Program
39. Approval
of school districts with need for administrators to participate in the
Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program
40. Approval of contract modification with MMI
Dining Systems, L.L.C
VII. Approval
of Consent Items
42. Approval
of contract/Food Vendors
43. Approval of contract renewal/Food
Vendors
44. Approval to reject the bid for
distribution of milk products to Region 7
of the Statewide Purchasing Program
45. Approval of Tate County School District
facility site for the location of the construction of capital improvements
46. Approval of contract with Dr. Glen Stribling
47. Approval of contract with MAXIMUS
VIII.
Recognition
Ceremony
- Exemplary Inclusion Program Winners
Horn Lake Middle School, Horn Lake
N.E. Taconi Elementary School, Ocean Springs
- Mississippi Parent of the Year Program Winners
Helen
Facella, West Point School District, 2006 Mississippi Parent of the Year
Deborah Rogers, Amory Separate School District, Finalist
Peggy Lee, Clinton Public School District, Finalist
Bette-Jean “B-J” Jones, Pascagoula School District, Finalist
IX.
State
Board of Education
01.
Report on meetings
attended
02.
Approval of attendance
at meetings
X.
Other
Business
XI. Adjournment