SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet April 3 - 5, 2007 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on April 3 - 5, 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:

Globally Competitive Students (GCS)
(pdf, 1.2mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 87kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 419kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 986kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
(pdf, 11kb)
Miscellaneous Items (Update on Contracts)
(pdf, 91kb)

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, APRIL 3, 2007
1:00 PM	SBE COMMITTEE MEETINGS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - Amendments to SBE/APA Policies Following Public Notice (pdf, 112kb) GCS 2 - 2007 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina (pdf, 155kb) GCS 3 - Middle Grades Education and High School Graduation Requirements (pdf, 105kb) GCS 4 - Reading Literacy Strategic Plan (pdf, 458kb) STATE BOARD OF CAREER-TECHNICAL EDUCATION GCS 5- Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 Transition Plan (pdf, 37kb) Action on first Reading GCS 6- Changes to the 2005-06 ABCs/AYP Report (pdf, 29kb) Discussion GCS 7- Revision of the North Carolina Mathematics Standard Course of Study (pdf, 44kb) GCS 8- Approval of Supplemental Educational Service Providers for 2007-2008 (pdf, 235kb) GCS 9- New AYP Threshold for 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates (pdf, 16kb) GCS 10- Ready Schools Task Force Recommendations (pdf, 271kb) GCS 12- Personal Financial Literacy (pdf, 62kb) New Business Kindergarten Position Paper
4:00 PM	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2007
8:30 AM	SBE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Co-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Individual Class Size Exceptions Waiver Requests (pdf, 43kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Federal Grants (pdf, 236kb) Allotment of Federal Implementation Funds for Year I and II Charter Schools NCLB Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant Awards -IMPACT II Awards Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort IV Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI through USDA Reading First Grants New Business Update on Communications Legislative Update An Overview of Funding Public Schools
10:15 AM	Adjourn
10:30 AM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital; Ms. Shirley Harris, Co Chairs - Room 504, Video-Conferencing Center, Fifth Floor, Education Building ACTON AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Final Decision in Contested Case - Charlie Richardson vs. DPI, Licensure Section (pdf, 11kb) TCP 2- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 3- Educational Interpreters and Transliterators Extension of Employment (pdf, 62kb) New Business SBE Response to the Report on Professional Development from the Center for School Leadership Development
12:00 PM	Adjourn
10:30 AM	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs – State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action LFI 1 - Renewal Recommendations of Alternative School Model Charter Schools (pdf, 33kb) LFI 2- Maximum Funded ADM Capacity for Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School (STARS) (pdf, 814kb) LFI 3- Program Approval and Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 65kb) LFI 4- The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 27kb) LFI 5- Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act - Turnaround High Schools (pdf, 71kb) New Business Policy Issues for the NC Virtual Public School
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	State Board of Education Meeting – State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Howard N. Lee, Chairman Presentation to the State Board of Education Dr. Del Burns, Superintendent, Wake County Public Schools INFORMATION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) GCS 11 - Future-Ready High School Core Curriculum Framework (pdf, 15kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs) LFI 6 - NC Virtual Public School - Director’s Report (pdf, 71kb) HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS (Mr. Edgar Murphy, Chair) HRS 1 - Annual Study of Suspensions and Expulsions: 2005-06 (pdf, 11kb)
2:30 PM	COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS AGENDA Globally Competitive Students Chair Report (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 6 - Changes to the 2005-06 ABCs/AYP Report (pdf, 29kb) Discussion GCS 7- Revision of the North Carolina Mathematics Standard Course of Study (pdf, 44kb) GCS 8- Approval of Supplemental Educational Service Providers for 2007-2008 (pdf, 235kb) GCS 9- New AYP Threshold for 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rates (pdf, 16kb) GCS 10- Ready Schools Task Force Recommendations (pdf, 271kb) GCS 12- Personal Financial Literacy (pdf, 62kb) 21st Century Professionals Committee Chair Report Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Final Decision in Contested Case - Charlie Richardson vs. DPI, Licensure Section (pdf, 11kb) TCP 2- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 3- Educational Interpreters and Transliterators Extension of Employment (pdf, 62kb) Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee Chair Report (of the 21st Century Professionals Priority) Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Individual Class Size Exceptions Waiver Requests (pdf, 43kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Federal Grants (pdf, 236kb) Allotment of Federal Implementation Funds for Year I and II Charter Schools NCLB Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant Awards -IMPACT II Awards Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort IV Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI through USDA Reading First Grants Update on Contracts (pdf, 91kb) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report Discussion LFI 1 - Renewal Recommendations of Alternative School Model Charter Schools (pdf, 33kb) LFI 2- Maximum Funded ADM Capacity for Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School (STARS) (pdf, 814kb) LFI 3- Program Approval and Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 65kb) LFI 4- The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 27kb) LFI 5- Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act - Turnaround High Schools (pdf, 71kb)
4:00 PM	Closed Session
4:45 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007
9:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING (Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman) Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Tricia Willoughby Invocation - Ms. Kathy Taft Approval of Minutes Special Recognition Mr. Jim Brooks, Teacher, West Wilkes High School, Wilkes County Schools Recipient, NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Special Presentation Resolution Honoring the Late Senator Jeanne Hopkins Lucas Chairman's Remarks Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director Legislative Update Other Items State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Board Meeting Globally Competitive Students Twenty-First Century Professionals Twenty-First Century Systems Leadership for Innovation Healthy, Responsible Students Old Business New Business On-Going Business Progress Report on the Future-Ready Students Plan and Implementation Mr. JB Buxton, Deputy State Superintendent
11:00 AM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Wachovia Principal of the Year Luncheon - Capital City Club, Raleigh, NC
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."