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State Board of Education to Meet January 3-4 2007 The State Board of Education
will hold its monthly meeting on January 3-4 2007 , at the Education Building,
301 North Wilmington Street, Raleigh. The agenda for the SBE meeting follows.
Each of the documents below is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and requires
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document instead of individual agenda items) of each Strategic Priority:
- High Student Performance (HSP)
(pdf, 908kb))
- Quality Teachers, Administrators, and Staff (QP)
(pdf, 1.1mb)
- Effective and Efficient Operations (EEO)
(pdf, 2.5mb)
- Healthy Students in Safe, Orderly, and Caring Schools (no items)
- Strong Family, Community, and Business Support (FCB) (no items)
- Miscellaneous Items (no items)
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.
The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that
every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive
for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2007
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| 5:00 PM |
Dinner and Work Session
- Training for Regional Meetings
- Discussion of SBE Proposed Committee Structure
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2007
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| 8:30 AM |
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman
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| 8:35AM |
BOARD MEETS AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA
HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE (Ms. Kathy Taft)
Action
- HSP 1 The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Waivers
for Educational Purposes
(pdf, 25kb)
Action on First Reading
- HSP 2 Report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee
on the Implementation of the ABCs January 2007
(pdf, 347kb)
- HSP 3 Changes to the 2005-2006 ABCs/AYP Report
(pdf, 34kb)
- HSP 4 Recommended Final Academic Achievement Standards (Cut Scores)
for the NCCLAS Alternate Assessment
(pdf, 114kb)
- HSP 5 Recommended Final Academic Achievement Standards (Cut Scores)
for the Social Studies EOC Tests
(pdf, 157kb)
Discussion
- HSP 6 Science Laboratory Safety
(pdf, 49kb)
- HSP 7 Program Approval and Exemption Requests Under the Innovative
Education Initiatives Act
(pdf, 61kb)
|
| 10:00 AM |
Break
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| 10:15 AM |
BOARD MEETS AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA
QUALITY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF
(Dr. Jane Norwood)
Action
- QP 1 State Evaluation Committee Program Approval Recommendations
(pdf, 71kb)
- QP 2 Appointment of Individuals to the State Evaluation Committee
on Teacher Education
(pdf, 37kb)
- QP 3 Proposed Revisions to the Requirements for an International Faculty
License
(pdf, 26kb)
- QP 4 Proposal to Facilitate the Licensing of More at Four Teachers
Through the Office of School Readiness
(pdf, 44kb)
- QP 5 Revision of SBE Policy to Reflect Changes in the Provisional
Licensing Requirements for Career and Technical Education Teachers
(pdf, 184kb)
- QP 6 Study of the Adequacy of Compensation of School Psychologists
with National Certification
(pdf, 800kb)
- QP 7 Final Decisions in Contested Cases
(pdf, 12kb)
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| 11:30 AM |
Educational Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) Demonstration
- Dr. William Sanders and Dr. June Rivers - SAS Institute
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| 12:15 PM |
Lunch
|
| 1:30 PM |
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS
(Mr. Wayne McDevitt)
Action
- EEO 1 LEA-Wide Calendar Waiver Requests
(pdf, 78kb)
- EEO 2 Recommendation of Appeal Panel on John H. Baker, Jr., Charter
High School Revocation
(pdf, 22kb)
- EEO 3 Appointment for Charter School Advisory Committee Membership
(pdf, 32kb)
Action on First Reading
- EEO 4 Individual Class Size Exceptions Waiver Requests
(pdf, 1.9mb)
Discussion
- EEO 5 Charter School Grade Changes and Enrollment Increase Requests
Above 10%
(pdf, 67kb)
INFORMATION AGENDA
HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE (Ms. Kathy Taft)
- HSP 8 Academic Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships Policy: Timeline
for Implementing the Core Course of Study
(pdf, 160kb)
- HSP 9 Evaluation of Learn and Earn Early College High Schools
(pdf, 68kb)
- HSP 10 Healthy Active Children Policy Progress Report 2005-2006
(pdf, 93kb)
- HSP 11 NC Virtual Public School - Director's Report
(pdf, 35kb)
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS
(Mr. Wayne McDevitt)
- EEO 6 Joint Technology Commission Report
(pdf, 19kb)
- EEO 7 Update of School Connectivity Implementation
(pdf, 174kb)
- Update on Contracts
(pdf, 121kb)
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| 3:00 PM |
Closed Session
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| 4:00 PM |
Adjourn
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2007
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| 8:30 AM |
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
(Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman)
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. John Tate
Invocation - Ms. Melissa E. Bartlett
Approval of Minutes
Chairman's Remarks
- Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director
- Legislative Update
- Other Items
State Superintendent's Report
Dr. June Atkinson
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
On-Going Business
- Progress Report on the Future-Ready Students Plan and Implementation
Dr. Janice Davis, Deputy State Superintendent
New Business
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| 11:00 PM |
Adjourn
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Ethics Statement for North Carolina State Government:
"Board members are reminded that it is our duty to avoid conflicts
of interest and the appearance of conflicts of interest as we handle
the work of this Board. Does any member of the Board know of any
conflict of interest or any appearance of conflict with respect
to any matters coming before us at this meeting? If so, please state
them for the record. If during the course of the meeting you become
aware of an actual or apparent conflict of interest, please bring
the matter to the attention of the chair. It will then be your duty
to abstain from participating in discussion on the matter and from
voting on the matter." |
