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State Board of Education to Meet April 6-7

The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on April 6-7, 2005, at the Education Building, 301 North Wilmington Street, Raleigh. The agenda for the SBE meeting follows.

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Note:  In accordance with Governor Easley's Executive Order Number 1, it is the duty of every Board Member to avoid both conflicts of interest and appearances of conflict.

 

 

Wednesday, April 6
 

  8:30 a.m.

State Board of Education Meeting

Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman

  8:35 a.m.

Issues Session

Report on High School Dropouts, Suspension, Expulsions, and Positive Behavioral Expectations

  • Mr. Marvin Pittman, Director, Division of Middle School Education; My. Lou Fabrizio, Director, Division of Accountability Services; and Ms. Mary Watson, Director, Division of Exceptional Children

  10:15 a.m.

Break

  10:30 a.m.

Board MEETS AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

 

Action and discussion Agenda

HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE (Ms. Kathy Taft)

Action

HSP 1 Presentation of 2005 Invitation to submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina

HSP 2 Proposed Cut Scores for Tests Approved for State Competency Testing Program Per HB 801

HSP 3 Changes to NC Accountability Workbook for LEA Improvement Status Appeals Process

Action on First Reading

HSP 4 Report on Reconfiguring the Exit Exam to Meet Requirements of No Child Left Behind

Discussion

HSP 5 Evaluate Validity of ABCs Accountability System Based on HB 1414

HSP 6 Mathematics and Science Tests Implementation Schedule and ABCs Update

HSP 7 Revision to Healthy Active Children Policy (HSP-S-000)

HSP 8 High School Exit Standards Model Recommendations

HSP 9 State Board Definition on Academic Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships

12:00 PM

Lunch

  1:00 PM

QUALITY teachers, administrators, AND STAFF (Dr. Jane Norwood)

Action

QP1 - Approval of Initial Licensure Program Plans

QP2 - Revision of Interim Initial Licensure Reporting Requirements

QP3 - Proposed Revision of Program Approval Standards

QP4 - Proposed Revision of Master's Level Program Standards

Action on First Reading

QP5 - Change Date for Educational Interpreters for the Deaf to Meet New Standards

QP6 - Professional License Revocation Actions

Discussion

QP7 - Proposed Revision of License Renewal Requirements for School Administrators

QP8 - License Renewal Credit for National Board Certification Renewal

QP9 - Proposed Revision of Lateral Entry Licensure Policies

QP10 - NCLB Highly Qualified Requirements for Exceptional Children's and ESL Teachers

  

EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS (Mr. Wayne McDevitt)

Action

EEO1 - Amendment to SBE Rules of Procedures

Action on First Reading

EEO2 - Approval of Federal Grants

  • Comprehensive School Reform Grants

Discussion

EEO3 - Transfer of Charter for Carter Community Charter School

EEO4 - Charter School Grade Changes and Enrollment Increase Requests Above 10%

EEO5 - Update on Revocation of the Charter of East Winston Primary Charter School

 

INFORMATION AGENDA

high student performance (Ms. Kathy Taft)

state board of career-technical education

HSP10 - Articulation Agreement and Promising Reform Initiatives in Career-Technical Education

HSP11 - North Carolina Positive Behavior Support Initiative Evaluation Report (Issues Session)

HSP12 - Report of Student Performance in Writing

HSP13 - Update on the Online Test of Computer Skills

HSP14 - Annual Report: State Advisory Council on Indian Education

HSP15 - Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions: 2003-04 (Issues Session)

QUALITY PROFESSIONALS (Dr. Jane Norwood)

QP11 - Report from the NC Professional Teaching Standards Commission on Best Practices in Mentoring

QP 12 Revision of Initial Licensure and continuing Licensure Requirements to Facilitate the Employment of Teachers (Late item)

EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS (Mr. Wayne McDevitt)

Update and Contracts

 4:00 p.m.

Closed Session

 4:30 p.m.

Adjournment

 

Thursday, April 7

 

 8:30 a.m.

State Board of Education Meeting
Howard N. Lee, Chairman

 

Call to Order

 

Pledge of Allegiance - Dr. Jane Norwood

 

Invocation - Mr. Edgar Murphy

 

Approval of Minutes**

 

Good News

  • NC Counselors Association: Counselors and Accountability

    • Mr. Eric Sparks, Post Secondary/Supervisor Vice President, The American School Counselors Association
    • Ms. Audrey Thomasson, Executive Director, North Carolina School Counselor Association (NCSCA)
    • Mr. Marrius Pettiford, President, NCSCA
    • Ms. Tara Winter, President-Elect, NCSCA
    • Ms. Linda Kopec, Past President, NCSCA

 

Chairman's Remarks

  • Legislative Update

 

State Superintendent's Report

Ms. Tricia Willoughby, State Superintendent

  • NC WISE Update
  • LEAAP Update
  • Personnel Actions
  • Staff Introductions

 

Board Meeting

  • High Student Performance
  • Quality Teachers, Administrators, and Staff
  • Effective and Efficient Operations
  • Healthy Students in Safe, Orderly, and Caring Schools
  • Strong Family, Community, and Business Support

 

Old Business

 

New Business

11:00 a.m.

Adjournment

12:00 p.m.

Wachovia Principal of the Year Luncheon
Capital City Club

**Minutes are to be considered a draft version until formally adopted at the next full meeting.

 

 

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