August 18, 2022 Board Agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
August 18, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA)
380 Zurich Drive
Ridgeland, Mississippi

Agenda

I.          Call to Order

II.         Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

III.        Approval of minutes of July 21, 2022 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony         

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: 2021-2022 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 [Goals1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 02.A. Action: Award sole source contract for a Textbook Depository to assist school districts in managing, inventorying, and procuring instructional materials (Textbooks) [Goal 1, 2, and 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Marla Davis) Back-up material
   
   
   2. 02.B. Action: Approval of the employment agreement with Dr. Jennifer Wilson to serve as the Interim Superintendent for the Holmes County Consolidated School District [Goals 1, 2, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material
   
   
3. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goals 3 and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 03.A. Action: Award grant for special projects appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature to the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) with a World Class Teacher Program (WCTP) site in House Bill 1600, 2022 Legislative Session [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   
   
   2. 03.B. Action: Award competitive grants to Early Learning Collaboratives to support pre-kindergarten programs [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Tenette Smith) 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 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   2. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   3. C. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code: 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2022, Appendices A-6 – A-10, A-12, and C-2 and Miss. Admin. Code 7-163: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2022, Appendices A-6 – A-10, A-12, and C-2 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   4. D. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code: 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2022, specifically Process Standard 2.4, and Miss. Admin. Code: 7-163: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2022, specifically Process Standard 2.4 – Student Support Services
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with one public comment) (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   5. E. Approval to establish Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2022, specifically to establish Process Standard 17.9 – Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training and to establish Miss. Admin. Code 7-163: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2022, specifically to establish Process Standard 14.9 – Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   6. F. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2022 specifically Process Standard 17.4 – Special Education
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Marla Davis) Back-up material
   
   
   7. G. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2022, specifically Process Standard 2.2: More than 5% Professional Staff Working Out-of-Field
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   
   
   8. H. Approval to establish Miss. Admin. Code 7-239: Instructor’s Guide for Training School Bus Drivers
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   
   
   9. I. 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 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   10. J. Approval to revise the methodology to reimburse costs incurred by school districts and charter schools related to the ACT WorkKeys Assessment (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   
   11. K. Approval to revise the methodology to reimburse costs incurred by school districts and charter schools related to Advanced Placement, dual credit, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge, and diploma endorsements (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   
   

XI.         Consideration of Executive Session

XII.        State Board of Education

1. 1.  Report on meetings attended


2. 2.  Approval of attendance at meetings

XIII.      Other Business

1. 01. Action: Approval to move the location of the State Board of Education November 10, 2022 meeting from the Mississippi School Boards Association, 380 Zurich Drive, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 to the Madison County School District Boardroom, 476 Highland Parkway, Ridgeland, MS 39157

XIV.     Adjournment

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