NEWS RELEASE

Release Date: August 30, 2010

Contact: Pete Smith Director of Communications, 601.359.1336

Mississippi Board of Education meets in Jackson

The Mississippi Board of Education met recently in Jackson and approved the following:

Approved:

• To revise State Board Policy 902 - Option Guidelines. Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with one public comment.

• To establish State Board Policy 3106 - Education Provisions for Students in Detention Centers. Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments

• To approve additional grant dollars for the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations Program. Public schools and non-public schools were awarded RESTART grants following Hurricane Katrina. However, the non-public schools did not expend all funds that were allocated based upon federal regulations; thus, additional funds are available to ward to the public schools that were most severely impacted. RESTART funds may be used for cost associated with the Hurricane Educator Assistance Program.

School District/Total Award Amount
Bay St. Louis - Waveland $17,549,942.76
Biloxi Public $12,642,363.73
Gulfport $11,055,463.95
Hancock County $7,608,708.60
Harrison County $24,755,282.62
Jackson County $12,650,785.77
Long Beach $16,313,465.80
Moss Point $9,832,398.47
Ocean Springs $8,581,335.15
Pascagoula $19,045,652.87
Pass Christian $16,932,622.16

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 2500 - Contracts. In response to a recent review of the State Board Policies by the Office of Internal Accountability, the following revisions to the Contracts Policy are proposed:

o Increase the threshold for Mississippi Board of Education approval of contracts from $20,000 personnel services cost to $50,000 total cost (including travel) to align with the grant threshold

o Delete procedural statements

o Move grant policies to State Board Policy 3900 - Grants/Subgrants.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 3900 - Grants/Subgrants.

• To begin the Administrative Procedure Act process: To revise State Board Policy 2001 - Administrators.

• To being the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 2003 - Family Day Care.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 2004 - Day Care Management Plans.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 2006 - Eligibility, Management and Monitoring (Child Care Programs.)

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 4011 - Nutrition Regulations for the Child Nutrition School Breakfast and Lunch Programs.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy 4012 - the Physical Education/Comprehensive Health Education Rules and Regulations.

• To award competitive grants for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Grants are awarded to elementary schools to purchase and serve fresh fruits and vegetables to students during the school day outside of the regularly scheduled meals.

School District/School/Allocation
Aberdeen School District Aberdeen Elementary School $18,528.80
Aberdeen School District Belle Elementary School $16,766.55
Benton City School District Ashland Elementary $16,061.65
Biloxi Public School District Nichols Elementary $11,379.10
Canton Sep. School District Nichols Middle School $39,927.55
Canton Sep. School District Canton School of Arts & Science $28,749.85
Claiborne Co. School District A.W. Watson Elem. School $41,689.80
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Booker T. Washington Elem. $14,651.85
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. George Oliver Elem. School $17,723.20
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Heidelberg Elementary $15,407.10
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Higgins Middle School $18,377.75
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. J.W. Stampley Elementary $13,544.15
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Kirkpatrick Elementary $14,802.90
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Myrtle Hall #4 Elementary $14,702.20
Clarksdale Mun. School Dist. Oakhurst Middle School $24,319.05
Coahoma Co. School District Jonestown Elementary School $14,702.20
Coahoma Co. School District Lyon Elementary School $13,695.20
Coahoma Co. School District Sherard Elementary School $10,774.90
Coahoma Co. School District Friars Point Elementary $10,774.90
Coffeeville School District Coffeeville Elementary School $19,384.75
Columbus Mun. School Dist. Fairview Elementary School $13,091.00
East Jasper Cons. School Dist. William J. Berry Elementary $26.534.45
Forrest Co. School District Earl Travillion Attendance CTR $15,256.05
Greenwood Public School Dist. Greenwood Middle School $22,808.55
Greenwood Public School Dist. Threadgill Elementary School $30,361.05
Greenwood Public School Dist. Williams Elementary School $17,169.35
Gulfport Sep. School Dist. Central Elementary School $24,671.50
Gulfport Sep. School Dist. Gaston Point Elem. School $24,369.40
Gulfport Sep. School Dist. Pass Road Elementary School $15,205.70
Hollandale School District Chambers Middle School $ 5,387.45
Holly Family School-Marshal Holly Family School-Elem. $ 7,200.05
Humphreys Cty. School Dist. Ida Greene Elementary Café $31,921.90
Humphreys Cty. School Dist. O.M. McNair Upper Elem. $20.140.00
Indianola School District Lockard Elementary School $26,333.05
Jackson Public School Dist. Barr Elementary School $ 9,818.25
Jackson Public School Dist. Blackburn Middle School $23,513.45
Jackson Public School Dist. Boyd Magnet School $21,499.45
Jackson Public School Dist. Bradley Elementary School $10,221.05
Jackson Public School Dist. Clausell Elementary School $20,744.20
Jackson Public School Dist. Dawson Elementary School $13,594.50
Jackson Public School Dist. French Elementary School $12,939.95
Jackson Public School Dist. Galloway Elementary School $14,802.90
Jackson Public School Dist. Green Elementary School $19.586.15
Jackson Public School Dist. John Hopkins Elem. School $25,124.65
Jackson Public School Dist. Johnson Elementary School $20,744.20
Jackson Public School Dist. Key Elementary School $23,009.95
Jackson Public School Dist. Lake Elementary School $25,023.95
Jackson Public School Dist. Lester Elementary School $16,665.85
Jackson Public School Dist. Poindexter Elem. School $11,429.45
Jackson Public School Dist. Smith Elementary School $20,995.95
Jackson Public School Dist. Watkins Elementary School $19,636.50
Jackson Public School Dist. Whitten Middle School $40,934.55
Jefferson Co. School Dist. Jefferson Co. Elem/Middle/Jr. $50,551.40
Leake County School Dist. South Leake Elem. School $17,974.95
Leflore Co. School Dist. East Elementary $17,773.55
Leflore Co. School Dist. Leflore County Elementary $28,498.10
Leflore Co. School Dist. Claudine Brown Elementary $17,119.00
Madison County Schools Camden Elementary $10,120.35
Madison County Schools Luther Branson Elementary $14,500.80
Mound Bayou School Dist. I.T. Montgomery Elem. School $15,860.25
Natchez-Adams School Dist. Frazier, Joe L. Primary School $33,885.55
Natchez-Adams School Dist. Morgantown Elementary School $33,784.85
North Panola Cons. School Dist. Crenshaw Elementary School $13,393.10
North Panola Cons. School Dist. Green Hill Elementary $22,254.70
North Panola Cons. School Dist. Como Elementary School $31,670.15
Okolona Public Schools Okolona Elementary School $19,384.75
Oktibbeha County School Dist. E. Oktibbeha Co. Elementary $17,219.70
Oktibbeha County School Dist. West Oktibbeha Co. Elementary $10,573.50
South Delta School District South Delta Elem. School $25,779.20
South Delta School District South Delta Middle School $13,040.65
South Pike Cons. School Dist. Osyka Elementary $16,665.85
Tunica County School Dist. Dundee Elementary $10,573.50
Tunica County School Dist. Tunica County Elementary $27,541.45
Tunica County School Dist. Tunica Middle School $25,275.70
West Bolivar School Dist. West Bolivar Elem. School $15,759.55
West Bolivar School Dist. West Bolivar Middle School $14,249.05
West Tallahatchie Cons. R.H. Bearden Elem. School $24,923.25
Yazoo Cty. Mun. School Dist. McCoy Elementary School $44,156.95
Yazoo Cty. Mun. School Dist. Webster Elementary School $24,520.45
Yazoo County School Dist. Linwood Elementary $13,292.40

*These sites were selected on the approved methodology. Only elementary schools may participate. Grants were awarded based on the highest percentage of students eligible for free and reduced meals from those schools who submitted an application.

• The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments.) The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics were developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with Achieve, ACT and the College Board.

• The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments.) The Common Core State Standards for were developed English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with Achieve, ACT and the College Board.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Mississippi Social Studies Framework. The 2011 Mississippi Social Studies Framework was developed based on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Frameworks, National Council of History Education Standards, National Council on Economic Education Standards, National Geographic Alliance Standards for Geography Education, standards for Advanced Placement, social studies standards from other states, current literature and research.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks. The secondary curriculum framework, Video Game Design, is recommended for approval. The framework follows the format established for secondary vocational and technical programs.

• To remove Amanda Elzy High School fro the list of awardees and add Port Gibson High School to the list of awardees for grant dollars in support of local improvement efforts for the persistently lowest-achieving schools in the state as authorized under Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

• The Performance Level Descriptors for the 2010 Mississippi Science Curriculum Framework for statewide assessments in grade 5 and grade 8 and Biology I. (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments)

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2009.

• The request by Mississippi State University to modify the Agricultural Information Science Program as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by Mississippi State University to modify the Elementary Education Program as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by William Carey University to Offer Bachelor and Master Level Technical and Occupational Education Programs as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by Mississippi College to modify the Education Specialist Degree Program in Educational Leadership as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by Mississippi College to modify the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program to include a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by Belhaven University to modify the Elementary Education program as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The request by Jackson State University to reinstate Secondary Teacher Education programs in Physics and Physical Science as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve a New Five-Year Renewable License and Endorsement Code 216 for Speech/Language Teacher.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures process: To approve Five New Praxis Tests and Passing Scores as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• To begin the Administrative Procedures process: To approve New Praxis Test for Braille Competency and Passing Score as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure.

• The establishment of State Board Policy 403 - Grading.

• To invalidate MAAECF (alternate assessment) scores based on questionable validity of results while holding harmless those schools/districts negatively impacted.

Appointed:

Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development

Name/Category/Congressional District/Term Expiration
Donna Loden Lay Person District 1 2014
Dr. Angela Rutherford IHL District 1 2014
Liz Michael Teacher District 3 2014
Marilyn McMillan Teacher District 3 2014
Doris Perkins Local School Board District 4 2014
Dr. Anthony Morris Administrator District 4 2012
Pamela Manners Administrator District 5 2014
Kelly Fuller Administrator District 5 2014

Recognized:

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tom Burnham (back far left) and Mississippi Board of Education Chair Charles McClelland (back far right) congratulate Jacarda Worthen (center) for winning the Student Culinary Competition and the Biloxi High School Culinary Team for winning First Place in the first annual Mississippi ProStart Invitational. Pictured from back left- Diana Alford, Dr. Larry Drawdy, Kirt Lind, Grady Griffin, and Stephen Morgan. From front left- Pamela Rosetti, Dr. Glenn Dedeaux and Chris Poplin.

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tom Burnham (back far left) and Mississippi Board of Education Chair Charles McClelland (back far right) congratulate Adeisa Cooper (front left) and Renard Lockridge (front right) for winning the Student Management Competition and the Carl Keen Vocational Center Management Team for winning First Place in the first annual Mississippi ProStart Invitational. Pictured from back left-Chris Poplin, Diana Alford, Kirt Lind, Stephen Morgan, and Grady Griffin. Also pictured is Shirlaurence Fair (center).

State Superintendent of Education Dr. Tom Burnham (left) and Mississippi Board of Education Chairman Charles McClelland (right) congratulate Tina Sellers for being named Mississippi Department of Education Employee of the Month.

Next Meeting:

The next meeting of the Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room on the 4th Floor of the Central High School Building, 359 North West Street, Jackson, Miss. The MBE will also meet on Friday, September 10, 2010 beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Board Room.