August 17 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
August 17, 2023
10:00 a.m.
4^th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
Mississippi Department of Education (MDE)
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 July 27, 2023 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

            2023 Grand Prize Winner, NPR Student Podcast Challenge
            Georgianna McKenny
            Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

VI.        Report of State Superintendent of Education

VII.       Report of Chair

VIII.      Report of the Student Representatives

IX.        Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee (SBE) Meetings

X.         Discussion and/or Approval of Board Items (All action items require vote)

1. 01. Information: 2022-2023 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) Results [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material


2. 02. Action: Approval of the MDE Contracts [Goals 1, 3, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 02.A. Action: Modify contract with Ajax Industrial Cleaning, LLC to continue to provide janitorial services for Dorm Four (4) and to include the Administration Building located at the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (MSDB) [Goals 3 and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone and Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   
   
   2. 02.B. Action: Contract with CCSI, Inc. for Security Services for Child Nutrition and the Office of Healthy Schools [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   
   
   3. 02.C. Action: Contract with selected vendors to provide services as Mississippi Recipes for Success Coordinators [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   
   
3. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goal 3– MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 03.A. Action: Award competitive grants to Early Learning Collaborative to support pre-kindergarten programs [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   
   
4. 04. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote, unless otherwise noted.) Back-up material
    
   1. A. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   
   
   2. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   
   
   3. C. Approval of certified personnel for the Mississippi School of the Arts, Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   
   

XI.       Consideration of Executive Session

XII.       State Board of Education

1. 1.  Election of Chair and Vice-Chair


2. 2.  Approval of attendance at meetings

XIII.      Other Business

XIV.      Adjournment

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