Mississippi Board of Education
May 18, 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
02. Report from Governor William Winter
03. Report on North Bolivar School District (Howard Sanders)
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04. Report on Holmes County School District (Joe Haynes)
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05. Discussion of methodology for awarding competitive grants to local school districts for “Phase IV” of the EPSDT School Nurse Program (Regina Ginn)
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06. Discussion of methodology for awarding competitive grants to local school districts for the 2007 Team Nutrition Grants (Regina Ginn)
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07. Discussion of revision of State Board Policy JDF-1 (Discipline, Reporting) (Regina Ginn)
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08. Discussion of the Educational Broadband Service Long-Term De Facto Lease Agreement (Derrick Lindsay)
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09. Discussion of methodology for competitively written proposals from LEAs (local education agencies) for school-based service-learning projects for the Learn and Serve America Program (James Sardin)
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10. Discussion of adopting amendment to the Department of Education Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy to include reference to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Steve Williams)
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11. Discussion to reinstate Declaration of State of Emergency based on the findings that, pursuant to the continuing proclamation issued by the Governor of the State of Mississippi, a state of emergency continues to exist as a result of Hurricane Katrina and that, pursuant to the provisions of the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, federal funds have been allocated to address the educational needs resulting from this disaster (Steve Williams)
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12. Discussion of establishing a new method for identifying successful school districts for use in MAEP calculations. The new method is based on the Achievement Model of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Steve Williams)
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13. Discussion of establishing the Achievement Level Index – ALI: A new metric for reporting the performance of schools and school districts based on results of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Steve Williams)
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14. Discussion of Transportation Density Rate Table to be used in the calculation of the FY 2006 Mississippi Adequate Education Program Allocation (Steve Williams)
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15. Discussion of contract with Authentic Education for the purpose of providing services and products for the Mississippi Curriculum Guides for reading/language arts and mathematics (Kris Kaase)
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16. Discussion of renewing contract with the North Mississippi Educational Consortium to continue to provide professional services to facilitate the delivery of selected trainings related to K-3 reading instruction for the Office of Reading, Early Childhood and Language Arts (Kris Kaase)
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17. Discussion of contract modification with Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services and products related to the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) (Kris Kaase)
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18. Discussion of contract modification with Harcourt Assessment, Inc. to continue to provide services and products for the Subject Area Testing Program (SATP) (Kris Kaase)
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19. Discussion of contract modification with Riverside Publishing to continue to provide services and products for the Elementary and Middle Grades Science Assessment Program (Kris Kaase)
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20. Discussion of contract modification with CTB/McGraw-Hill to continue to provide services and products related to the Grade Level Testing Program (GLTP) (Kris Kaase)
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21. Discussion to invalidate test scores from the Subject Area Testing Program (Kris Kaase)
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22. Discussion of awarding Mississippi Data-Based School Change Initiative grants (Kris Kaase)
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23. Discussion of recognition of Exemplary Inclusion Programs (Kris Kaase)
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24. Discussion of issuing an approved list of Supplemental Educational Service (SES) Providers (Sonya Amis)
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25. Discussion of renewing subgrant awards in support of comprehensive school reform effort (Sonya Amis)
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26. Discussion of awarding grants for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations (SonyaAmis)
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27. Discussion of awarding discretionary grant to Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc. (JMG) (Sonya Amis)
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28. Discussion of amending the NCLB Consolidated State Application to revise the methodology for awarding competitive grants for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Title IV, Part B, Subpart 2) Program (Sonya Amis)
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31. Discussion of Evaluation Team members to evaluate in schools designated as Priority Schools beginning Fall 2006 as required by MS Code §37-18-3 (Sonya Amis)
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32. Discussion of contract with the University of Mississippi to implement administrator training and follow up in the area of instructional leadership (Gwenda Purnell)
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33. Discussion of contract with Desire2Learn for the purpose of acquiring a Learning Management System (LMS) to host online courses for the Mississippi Virtual School (Gwenda Purnell)
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34. Discussion of establishing New Endorsement Code #909 for Elementary Special Education (K-6) for High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) option as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
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35. Discussion of establishing New Endorsement Code #910 for Special Education (K-12) for Fundamental Subjects Test: Praxis II 0511 a recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
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36. Discussion of revision of Middle Grades 4-8 Endorsement Codes from 4-8 to 7-8 to Align with Highly Qualified Definition as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
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37. Discussion of establishing the American Board Certification for Teacher Excellence (ABCTE) Alternate Route Program as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
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38. Discussion of contract with Mississippi Community College Foundation to design, develop, and implement an Alternate Route Administrator Preparation Program (Daphne Buckley)
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39. Discussion of school districts with need for administrators to participate in the Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program (Daphne Buckley)
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40. Discussion of contract modification with MMI Dining Systems, L.L.C (Daphne Buckley)
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41. Report of personnel actions (Ethel Carson)
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Consent items
42. Discussion of contract/Food Vendors (Regina Ginn)
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43. Discussion of contract renewal/Food Vendors (Regina Ginn)
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44. Discussion to reject the bid for distribution of milk products to Region 7 of the Statewide Purchasing Program (Regina Ginn)
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45. Discussion of Tate County School District facility site for the location of the construction of capital improvements (Regina Ginn)
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46. Discussion of contract with Dr. Glen Stribling (Daphne Buckley)
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47. Discussion of contract with MAXIMUS (Kris Kaase)
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