Mississippi Board of Education
September 13, 2007
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
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02. Discussion of Report on action of the Commission on School Accreditation concerning the assignment of district accreditation statuses and school performances classifications (Beth Sewell)
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03. Discussion of removing the financial advisor from the Coahoma School District (Steve Williams)
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04. Discussion of removing the financial advisor from the Durant School District (Steve Williams)
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05. Discussion of establishing the State Board Policy—Truancy Rate Definition, Calculation and Rate (Sheril Smith)
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06. Discussion of the establishment of the standards, procedures and criteria for the public school nurse programs in K-12 (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process with public comments) (Regina Ginn)
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07. Discussion of revision of State Board Policy 2002–-Competitive Food Rule (Regina Ginn)
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08. Discussion of awarding competitive grants to eligible local school districts for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (Regina Ginn)
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09. Discussion of contract with Contact Network, Inc., d/b/a InLine, to provide hardware maintenance services, troubleshooting and repair services for all desktop computers, laptops, printers, and scanners at Central High School, Greymont Street, Foley Street, and Mississippi Schools for the Deaf, Blind, and the Arts (Derrick Lindsay)
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10. Discussion of renewing contract with Magee Enterprises, Inc., to provide the Instructional Management System for the Agricultural and Environmental Science and Technology (AEST) program (James Sardin)
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11. Discussion of contract with Authentic Education for the purpose of providing services and products for the Mississippi Curriculum Guides for language arts and mathematics (Kris Kaase)
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12. Discussion of contract with LSU to provide consultative services relative to the Mattie T Consent Decree (Kris Kaase)
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13. Discussion of contract with Dr. Marilyn Friend to provide consultative services relative to the Mattie T Consent Decree (Kris Kaase)
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14. Discussion of contract with Pearson Educational Measurement to provide technical services and products for the Mississippi Writing Assessment in grades four, seven, and ten (Kris Kaase)
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15. Discussion of modifying grant awards for Hurricane Katrina Education Recovery Act through the Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations for the non-public and private schools (Sonya Amis)
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16. Discussion of modifying contract with Desire2Learn to continue to provide and host a Learning Management System (LMS) for the Mississippi Virtual Public School (Beth Sewell)
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17. Discussion of appointments to the School Executive Management Institute (SEMI) Advisory Board (Beth Sewell)
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18. Discussion of the Mississippi School for the Deaf 2007-2008 Staff Handbook (Daphne Buckley)
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19. Discussion of the Mississippi School for the Blilnd 2007-2008 Staff Handbook (Daphne Buckley)
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20. Discussion of the Mississippi School of the Arts 2007 -2008 Staff Handbook (Daphne Buckley)
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21. Discussion of New Endorsement Code #193 for Economics as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure Development (Daphne Buckley)
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22. Discussion of appointment of Director (Bureau Director I) of the Office of Payments and Property in the Office of Accounting. (Ethel Cain Carson)
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23. Discussion of appointment of Chief Systems Information Officer (CIO) for the Office of Management Information Systems (Ethel Cain Carson)
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24. Discussion of awarding year three continuation grant funds in support of the existing pilot study for high school redesign (Beth Sewell)
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25. Discussion of amending State Board Policy No. 3900 to include a Statement of the Board's Intent in regards to the interpretation and application of the MDE's Contract Procurement Policy (Hank Bounds)
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Consent Items
A. Continue in effect Board’s 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 educational needs resulting from this disaster (Steve Williams)
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B. School transportation equipment bids (Regina Ginn)
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C. New school site for the Rankin County School District (Regina Ginn)
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D. Contract with Deborah Pierce to provide consultative services relative to data analysis for the State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report (Kris Kaase)
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E. Methodology for disseminating funds to school districts for the purpose of purchasing English language proficiency assessments from the approved vendor (Harcourt Assessment, Inc.) (Kris Kaase)
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F. Report of personnel actions (Ethel Cain Carson)
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