SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet July 31, August 1-2, 2007 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on July 31, August 1-2, 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, 457kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 380kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 132kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 27kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items (Update on Contracts)
(pdf, 44kb)

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, JULY 31, 2007
1:00 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 - K-2 Literacy Assessment Task Force Recommendations (pdf, 164kb) Action on First Reading GCS 2 - Recommended Interim Academic Achievement Standards (Cut Scores) for the NCEXTEND2 OCS Assessments in the Areas of English and Mathematics (pdf, 27kb) New Business Graduation Project Update Personal Financial Literacy Bill and Training Update High School Accountability Model Update
4:00 PM	Adjourn
5:30 PM	Dinner and Report from DPI Interns - Room 150, Education Building.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007
8:45 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 - 2007-08 Special Provisions (pdf, 24kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Charter School Technology Plan (pdf, 27kb) TCS 3 - Request from Clinton City, Newton-Conover City, Beaufort County, Chatham County, Northampton County, Warren County, and Wayne County for the Flexible Use of Mentor Funds (pdf, 53kb) New Business Communications Update NC WISE Update Legislative Update Connectivity Project Update
10:15 AM	Adjourn
10:30 AM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co Chairs) – Room 504, Video Conferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTON AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - Proposed Standards for the Approval of Pilot Programs for the Licensing of Lateral Entry Teachers (pdf, 53kb) Action on First Reading TCP 2- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) TCP 3- Final Decisions in Contested Cases (pdf, 16kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Proposed Revision of the Standards for the Evaluation of Superintendents (pdf, 255kb) TCP 5 - Job Descriptions and Salary Upgrades for Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physical Therapist Assistant (pdf, 51kb) New Business Update on the Regional Alternative Licensure Centers
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 Discussion LFI 1- New Century Charter High School Name Change Request (pdf, 27kb) New Business Blue Ribbon Committee for Charter Schools Update School Turnaround Update
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:15 PM	Luncheon Honoring Teachers with Fifty Years of Teaching Service Room 150 - Education Building
1:30PM	State Board of Education Meeting Howard N. Lee, Chairman Swearing-In Ceremony for New State Board of Education Members The Honorable Burley Mitchell, former Chief Justice, NC Supreme Court Ms. Eulada Watt, Charlotte, NC, representing Education District 6 Mr. Kevin Howell, Raleigh, NC, representing Education District 3 Recognition of Teachers with Fifty Years of Teaching Service Mr. Eugene Frederick Doane, Brunswick County Schools Ms. Everlene Davis, Columbus County Schools Ms. Elizabeth Jacobs, Columbus County Schools Ms. Peggy Rickert, Iredell-Statesville Ms. Dorothy Calloway, Surry County Schools Ms. Janet Groomer, Wake County Schools Ms. Princeton McDowell, Washington County Schools
2:15 PM	COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Committee Report(Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 2- Recommended Interim Academic Achievement Standards (Cut Scores) for the NCEXTEND2 OCS Assessments in the Areas of English and Mathematics (pdf, 27kb) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Report(Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co-Chairs) Action on First Reading TCP 2- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) TCP 3- Final Decisions in Contested Cases (pdf, 16kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Proposed Revision of the Standards for the Evaluation of Superintendents (pdf, 255kb) TCP 5- Job Descriptions and Salary Upgrades for Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physical Therapist Assistant (pdf, 51kb) Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee Chair Report (Twenty-First Century Systems Priority; Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading TCS 1 -2007-08 Special Provisions (pdf, 24kb) TCS 2 - Approval of Charter School Technology Plan (pdf, 27kb) TCS 3- Request from Clinton City, Newton-Conover City, Beaufort County, Chatham County, Northampton County, Warren County, and Wayne County for the Flexible Use of Mentor Funds (pdf, 53kb) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report(Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, andMr. Tom Speed, Vice Chair) Discussion LFI 1- New Century Charter High School Name Change Request (pdf, 27kb)
3:45 PM	Closed Session
4:45 PM	Adjourn
5:30 PM	Dinner meeting with UNC-GA Representatives, Room 150 Education Building
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2007
7:45 AM	Breakfast meeting with delegates of the Beijing Association of Science and Technology
9:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Kathy Taft Invocation - Ms. Melissa Bartlett Approval of Minutes Special Presentation - Recognition of New State Board of Education Advisors Dr. Shirley Prince, Superintendent Advisor, Scotland County Schools, NCASA Superintendent of the Year Mr. Craig Hill, Wachovia Principal-of-the-Year Advisor; Principal at Kinston High School, Lenoir County Schools Mr. James Bell, 2007-08 NC Teacher-of-the-Year Advisor; Teacher at Chowan Middle School, Chowan County 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 Healthy Responsible Students Leadership for Innovation Old Business New Business Approval of 2008 State Board of Education Meeting Schedule Deputy State Superintendent's Report Mr. JB Buxton, Deputy State Superintendent
10:30 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."