Mississippi Board of Education
December 16, 2005
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 November 16-17, 2005
IV. Additions or deletions – Approval of agenda
V. Report of the Chair
VI. Approval of Consent Agenda Items
(Items below are numbered to correspond to the items as discussed on Thursday, December 15, 2005 agenda)
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
02. Approval of Appointment of Interim Conservator for the North Bolivar School District
Office of Educational Accountability
04. Approval of FY 2007 Adjusted Base Student Cost
05. Approval of Financial Advisor for the Durant School District
06. Approval of contract modification with Day, Certified Public Accountant to serve as the financial advisor for the North Panola School District
07. Approval to remove Diane S. Day, CPA, Financial Advisor for North Panola School District
Office of Instructional Programs and Services
08. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools of Mississippi 2005-2006
09. Approval of awarding of Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) Grants
10. Approval to revise the proposed Regulations for the Gifted Education Programs in Mississippi 2005 and resubmit for public comment under the Administrative Procedures Act process
11. Approval of modification of grant awards to existing Mississippi Reading First school districts
12. Approval to implement, in part, the termination for convenience clause of the FY 2006 contract with Riverside Publishing due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina
13. Approval of nonpublic school accreditation statuses for SY 2005-2006
02-a. Approval of the contract for Interim Conservator for the North Bolivar School District
18. Approval to revise State Board Policy ED-3 Transportation Management
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment)
Office of Quality Educators
15. Approval of methodology to award grants to school districts to support Mississippi Future Educators Association Clubs
16. Approval to grant an extension of State accreditation visits as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification, and Licensure and Development
VII. Approval of Consent Items
20. ITS Contract with GCR & Associates. 12/19/2005 – 09/30/2006. No MDE Funds Involved
(Office of Healthy Schools)
GCR & Associates was the developer of our web based computer application used by the State Purchasing group to place orders with vendors. This contract will provide for evaluation of the current system to discuss updates, new reports and simple maintenance that may be needed. GCR & Associates is the vendor of choice because of their knowledge as designers of the system and prior maintenance contracts.
21. ITS Contract with Catherine Horton. 01/01/2006 – 12/30/2006. No MDE Funds Involved
(Office of Healthy Schools)
Request to extend the current ITS contract for one year. Ms. Horton is currently working on our web based computer payment system as the Project Coordinator. The Project Coordinator oversees the payment system maintenance contract with Ciber, Inc. and will direct the work assignment of an ITS contract for a Dot Net Programmer with Ciber, Inc. Contractor was originally selected from ITS Pool of Service Providers.
22. ITS Contract with Ciber, Inc. 01/01/2006 – 12/30/2006. No MDE Funds Involved
(Office of Healthy Schools)
This contract is for a Dot Net Programmer for our web based computer payment system. The programmer will develop new reports and enhancements to the payment system. Programmer was selected from an ITS Pool of Service Providers.
VIII. Recognition Ceremony
Superintendents of school districts located in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone, George, Forrest and Jones counties
For outstanding leadership in the face of extreme devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina
IX. State Board of Education
01. Report on meetings attended
02. Approval of attendance at meetings
X. Other Business
XI. Adjournment
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