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Mississippi Board of Education
July 16, 2015
10:00 A.M.
Beau Rivage
Azalea A Meeting Room
875 Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi
Work Session Agenda
- Report of State Superintendent of Education Back-up material
- Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee meetings Back-up material
- Report on the Superintendents Academy and recognition of the FY 15 Superintendents Academy members COHORT 1 [Goals 1 and 2 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Pat Ross) Back-up material
- Discussion to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Process Standard 20 – Instructional Management System of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2014 [Goals 2 and 4 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Pat Ross) Back-up material
- Discussion to award competitive grants for 2016 Engineering Enhancement for 21st Century Grant [Goals 1 and 2 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Report on the Early Learning Collaboratives and public Pre-Kindergarten programs [Goal 3 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Discussion to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 4300 – Intervention [Goals 1, 2, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Discussion to award competitive grants for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program [Goal 1 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Discussion of preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Base Student Cost for Fiscal Year 2017 [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Todd Ivey) Back-up material
- Discussion of the preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for Fiscal Year 2017 [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Todd Ivey) Back-up material
- Discussion of Fiscal Year 2017 budget request [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5– MDE Strategic Plan] (Todd Ivey) Back-up material
- Consent Agenda Back-up material
- Monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement benefits (Todd Ivey) Back-up material
- Revise State Board Policy 6200 – Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Pat Ross)
Back-up material - Contract with Dr. Bob Thompson to facilitate the Mississippi Superintendents’ Academy (Pat Ross)
Back-up material - Grants to school districts to support kindergarten through 3rd grade literacy instruction and intensive intervention for Fiscal Year 2016 (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Award discretionary Educator in Residence grants to school districts for literacy coaches (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Establish the Foundations of Algebra course
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kim Benton) Back-up material - Contract with personnel to serve as a literacy coach in school districts (Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Modify a grant for the Early Learning Collaborative Councils to support pre-Kindergarten programs(Kim Benton) Back-up material
- Contract with a Harvard Data Fellow as provided by House Bill 1648, 2013 Legislative Session (Pat Ross) Back-up material
- Executive Session
Board Meeting Agenda
Immediately following the work session
I. Call to order
II. Approval of Minutes of June 18-19, 2015 and Special-Called meeting of July 8, 2015
III. Additions or deletions –
Approval of agenda
IV. Report of the Chair
- Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Process Standard 20 – Instructional Management System of the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2014 [Goals 2 and 4 – MDE Strategic Plan]
(Office of Chief School Performance Officer) - Approval to award competitive grants for 2016 Engineering Enhancement for 21st Century Grant [Goals 1 and 2 – MDE Strategic Plan]
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 4300 – Intervention [Goals 1, 2, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan]
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Approval to award competitive grants for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program [Goal 1 – MDE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton)
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Approval of preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Base Student Cost for Fiscal Year 2017 [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan]
(Office of Chief Operations Officer) - Approval of the preliminary estimate of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for Fiscal Year 2017 [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 – MDE Strategic Plan (Office of Chief Operations Officer)
- Approval of Fiscal Year 2017 budget request [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5– MDE Strategic Plan]
(Office of Chief Operations Officer) - Consent Agenda
- Monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement benefits
(Office of Chief Operations Officer) - Revise State Board Policy 6200 – Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments)
(Office of Chief School Performance Officer) - Contract with Dr. Bob Thompson to facilitate the Mississippi Superintendents’ Academy
(Office of Chief School Performance Officer) - Grants to school districts to support kindergarten through 3rd grade literacy instruction and intensive intervention for Fiscal Year 2016
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Award discretionary Educator in Residence grants to school districts for literacy coaches
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Establish the Foundations of Algebra course
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments)
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Contract with personnel to serve as a literacy coach in school districts
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Modify a grant for the Early Learning Collaborative Councils to support pre-Kindergarten programs
(Office of Chief Academic Officer) - Contract with a Harvard Data Fellow as provided by House Bill 1648, 2013 Legislative Session
- (Office of Chief School Performance Officer)
- Monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement benefits
VII. Recognition Ceremony
2015 Exemplary Inclusion Program
Ocean Springs School District
Dr. Coleman, Superintendent
VIII. State Board of Education
- Report on meetings attended
- Approval of attendance at meetings
- Election of Chair and Vice Chair
IX. Other Business
X. Adjournment
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