Mississippi Board of Education
March 16, 2006
10:00 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Agenda
01. Report of State Superintendent of Education
01-a. Discussion of determination by the Commission on School Accreditation that an extreme emergency situation exists in the Holmes County School District (Hank Bounds)
01-b. Discussion of Request to Governor that the Governor declare a state of emergency in the Holmes County School District (Hank Bounds)
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02. Discussion of appointment for Interim Conservator for Holmes County School District (Hank Bounds)
03. Discussion of contract for Interim Conservator for Holmes County School District (Steve Williams)
04. Legislative Update (Steve Williams/Joy Milam)
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05. Discussion of revisions to the Consolidated State Accountability Workbook (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Steve Williams)
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06. Discussion of removing Financial Advisor for Amite County School District (Steve Williams)
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07. Report on North Bolivar School District (Susan Rucker)
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09. Discussion of the model guidelines for developing district policies regarding HIV infection and communicable disease control as required by State Board Policy JGCC
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Regina Ginn)
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10. Discussion of methodology for awarding competitive grants to local school districts for the “Health Is Academic” Start-Up Grant Initiative (Regina Ginn)
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11. Report on Hurricane Katrina Assistance Grants (Susan Rucker)
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12. Report on Mattie T. Consent Decree (Kris Kaase)
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13. Discussion of the Educable Child Program policy
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris Kaase)
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14. Discussion of grant with the University of Southern Mississippi (Kris Kaase)
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15. Discussion of the Regulations for the Gifted Education Programs in Mississippi 2006
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kris Kaase)
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16. Discussion of modifying contract with NCS Pearson, Inc., to continue to provide services and products related to the Functional Literacy Examination (FLE) using an electronic testing system (Kris Kaase)
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17. Discussion of awarding ACT materials and services in support of the existing four pilot high school redesign schools (Susan Rucker)
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18. Discussion of awarding year two continuation grant funds in support of the existing pilot study for high school redesign (Susan Rucker)
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19. Report of personnel actions (Ethel Carson)
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