SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet May 1 - 3, 2007 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on May 1 - 3, 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, 810kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 2.3mb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 816kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 762kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items (Update on Contracts)
(pdf, 92kb)

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, MAY 1, 2007
12:00 PM	SBE COMMITTEE MEETINGS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - Approval of Supplemental Educational Service Providers for 2007-2008 (pdf, 260kb) GCS 2 - Ready Schools Task Force Recommendations (pdf, 376kb) GCS 3 - Middle Grades Education and High School Graduation Requirements (pdf, 76kb) GCS 4 - Revision of the North Carolina Mathematics Standard Course of Study (pdf, 54kb) GCS 5 - Personal Financial Literacy (pdf, 52kb) Action on First Reading GCS 6- Update Performance Level Descriptors for U.S. History, Civics and Economics, Mathematics EOG Grades 3-8 and NCCLAS for U.S. History, Civics and Economics, and Mathematics EOG Grades 3-8 (pdf, 17kb) GCS 7 - Changes to NC’s NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 32kb) Discussion GCS 8- Future-Ready High School Core Curriculum Framework (pdf, 53kb) GCS 9- Annual Report: State Advisory Council on Indian Education (pdf, 51kb) GCS 10- Proposed Standards for Standard Course of Study in American Sign Language (ASL) Secondary Level (pdf, 53kb) New Business
2:45 PM	Adjourn
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM	Required State Ethics Training for the State Board of Education - SBE Lounge
5:30 PM	NC Teacher of the Year Awards Ceremony Embassy Suites, Cary
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 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 on First Reading TCS 1 - Request by Pine Lake Preparatory Charter School to Relocate to Mecklenburg County from Iredell County (pdf, 26kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Grant - Children's Trust Fund (pdf, 512kb) Discussion TCS 3 - Governor’s School/Board of Governors (pdf, 112kb) TCS 4 - Utilization of State Board Reserve for Innovative/Special Projects (pdf, 46kb) TCS 5 - Pre-approval of Financial and Business Services’ Policy Manuals (pdf, 49kb) TCS 6 - Federal Reauthorization of ESEA/No Child Left Behind (pdf, 22kb) New Business
10:00 AM	Adjourn
10:15 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 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 2- Response to the Report on Professional Development from the Center for School Leadership Development (pdf, 113kb) TCP 3- Revision of the Standards for Teacher Evaluation (pdf, 171kb) TCP 4 - Proposed Standards for Licensure in American Sign Language (ASL) (pdf, 65kb) TCP 5 - Proposed Revisions to Praxis II Testing Requirements for Exceptional Children's Teachers (pdf, 2.0mb) TCP 6 - Proposed Revision to Praxis I Testing Requirements for Admission toTeacher Education Programs (pdf, 24kb) New Business Proposal for Professional Learning Communities Equitable Distribution of Teachers
12:00 PM	Adjourn
10:15 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 - The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 27kb) LFI 2- Program Approval and Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 66kb) LFI 3- Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act - Turnaround High Schools (pdf, 71kb) LFI 4- Renewal Recommendations of Alternative School Model Charter Schools (pdf, 33kb) Action on First Reading LFI 5- Approval of Charter School Technology Plans (pdf, 21kb) Discussion LFI 6 - Renewal Recommendation for Less Than 10 Years for The Academy of Moore County (pdf, 430kb) New Business Turnaround Schools Update
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	State Board of Education Meeting - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Howard N. Lee, Chairman INFORMATION AGENDA BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Chair, Mr. John Tate, Co-Chair) (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) TCS 7 - Disadvantaged Student Supplemental Fund (DSSF) Pilot Evaluation: Report 1 (pdf, 53kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs) LFI 7 - NC Virtual Public School - Director's Report (pdf, 18kb)
1:50 PM	COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Chair Report (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 6 - Update Performance Level Descriptors for U.S. History, Civics and Economics, Mathematics EOG Grades 3-8 and NCCLAS for U.S. History, Civics and Economics, and Mathematics EOG Grades 3-8 (pdf, 17kb) GCS 7 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 32kb) Discussion GCS 8- Future-Ready High School Core Curriculum Framework (pdf, 53kb) GCS 9- Annual Report: State Advisory Council on Indian Education (pdf, 51kb) GCS 10- Proposed Standards for Standard Course of Study in American Sign Language (ASL) Secondary Level (pdf, 53kb) 21st Century Professionals Committee Chair Report Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 2 - Response to the Report on Professional Development from the Center for School Leadership Development (pdf, 113kb) TCP 3 - Revision of the Standards for Teacher Evaluation (pdf, 171kb) TCP 4 - Proposed Standards for Licensure in American Sign Language (ASL) (pdf, 65kb) TCP 5 - Proposed Revisions to Praxis II Testing Requirements for Exceptional Children's Teachers (pdf, 2.0mb) TCP 6 - Proposed Revision to Praxis I Testing Requirements for Admission to Teacher Education Programs (pdf, 24kb)
2:30 PM	Break
2:45 PM	Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee Chair Report (of the 21st Century Professionals Priority) Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Request by Pine Lake Preparatory Charter School to Relocate to Mecklenburg County from Iredell County (pdf, 26kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Grant - Children's Trust Fund (pdf, 512kb) Discussion TCS 3 - Governor’s School/Board of Governors (pdf, 112kb) TCS 4 - Utilization of State Board Reserve for Innovative/Special Projects (pdf, 46kb) TCS 5 - Pre-approval of Financial and Business Services’ Policy Manuals (pdf, 49kb) TCS 6 - Federal Reauthorization of ESEA/No Child Left Behind (pdf, 22kb) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report(Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs) Action on First Reading LFI 5- Approval of Charter School Technology Plans (pdf, 21kb) Discussion LFI 6 - Renewal Recommendation for Less Than 10 Years for The Academy of Moore County (pdf, 430kb)
3:30 PM	Closed Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
5:30 PM	SBE Dinner, Board Lounge
6:15 PM	Presentation on "The Future of Formative Assessment"by Dr. John Bransford, University of Washington - Board Room
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING (Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman) Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Melissa Bartlett Invocation - Dr. Jane Norwood Approval of Minutes Special Recognition Blue Ribbon Schools Brawley Middle School, Iredell-Statesville Schools Davis Drive Elementary School, Wake County Schools Eastover Central Elementary School, Cumberland County Schools Laurel Hill Elementary School, Scotland County Schools W.A. Bess Elementary School, Gaston County Schools Southeast Raleigh High School Band Mr. Clifford Scott, Band Director Out-Going Senior Student Advisor to the SBE Ms. Melissa McCoy 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
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."