SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet January 31- February 1, 2007 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on January 31- February 1, 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 the free Acrobat Reader software to view. If you have difficulty downloading the documents, please contact the Webmaster. Click below to download PDF (full document instead of individual agenda items) of each Strategic Priority:

High Student Performance (HSP)
(pdf, 1.2mb)
Quality Teachers, Administrators, and Staff (QP)
(pdf, 298kb)
Effective and Efficient Operations (EEO)
(pdf, 416kb)
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.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2007
7:30 AM	LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST, Room 150, Education Building
9:15 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman
8:35AM	BOARD MEETS AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE (Ms. Kathy Taft) Action HSP 1 Program Approval and Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 62kb) Action on First Reading HSP 2 Changes to the 2005-06 ABCs/AYP Report (pdf, 14kb) HSP 3 Recommended Interim Academic Achievement Standards (Cut Scores) for the Mathematics and English I EOC Tests (pdf, 18kb) Discussion HSP 4 Reading Literacy Strategic Plan (pdf, 1.1mb) QUALITY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF (Dr. Jane Norwood) Action on First Reading QP 1 Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) Discussion QP 2 Praxis II Option for Birth-Kindergarten Teachers to be Designated Highly Qualified (pdf, 3.7mb) EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS (Mr. Wayne McDevitt) Action EEO 1 Charter School Grade Changes and Enrollment Increase Requests Above 10% (pdf, 57kb) EEO 2 Joint Technology Commissions Report (pdf, 300kb) Action on First Reading EEO 3 Transference of 21st Century Community Learning Center Funds (pdf, 39kb) Discussion EEO 4 Recommendations for Final Approval of 2006 Charter School Applications (pdf, 22kb)
10:15 AM	Break
10:30 AM	INFORMATION AGENDA QUALITY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF (Dr. Jane Norwood) Discussion QP 3 Report on Professional Development from the Center for School Leadership Development (pdf, 234kb) HIGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE (Ms. Kathy Taft) Action on First Reading HSP 5 Dropout Data Report, 2005-06 (pdf, 49kb) HSP 6 NC Virtual Public School - Director's Report (pdf, 14kb) EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS (Mr. Wayne McDevitt) Update on Contracts (pdf, 77kb)
11:25 AM	On-Going Business Progress Report on the Future-Ready Students Plan and Implementation Dr. Janice O. Davis, Deputy State Superintendent
11:35 AM	Resolution Honoring Dr. Janice O. Davis, Outgoing Deputy State Superintendent
11:45 AM	SBE Retirement Luncheon for Dr. Janice O. Davis - Room 224, Education Building
1:15 PM	SBE Work Session - Committee Structure and Regional Meetings SBE Board Lounge
3:20 PM	Recess for Reception for Dr. Davis
3:30 PM	Reception for Dr. Janice O. Davis, Deputy State Superintendent - Room 150, Education Building
3:00 PM	Closed Session
4:00 PM	Adjourn
6:00 PM	Real D.E.A.L. Schools Dinner - Embassy Suites, Cary
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING (Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman) Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Edgar Murphy Invocation - Ms. Kathy Taft Approval of Minutes Special Presentation Presentation of the 2006 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award Ms. Kristen Stone, Third Grade Teacher, Tanglewood Elementary School, Public Schools of Robeson County Chairman's Remarks Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director Legislative Update Other Items State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Presentation from Asheboro City Schools on High School Program with the North Carolina Zoo 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 PM	Adjourn
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."