SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet September 4-6, 2007 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on September 4-6, 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, 1.1mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 345kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 950kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 730kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items (Update on Contracts)
(pdf, 130kb)

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, SEPTEMBER 4, 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 (pdf, 45kb) Action on First Reading GCS 2 - The 2006-07 ABCs Report and 2007-08 Assistance Program (will be presented on Thursday) (pdf, 26kb) Discussion GCS 3 - Field Testing and Special Studies for the 2007-08 School Year (pdf, 48kb) GCS 4 - Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities (pdf, 963kb) New Business Graduation Project Update Financial Literacy Update Middle School Courses for High School Credit Update
4:00 PM	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
8:30 AM	SBE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Co-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 950kb) NCLB EETT Grant Awards - IMPACTing Leadership Grant Awards Even Start Family Literacy Programs - Supplemental Allocations 2007-08 Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort IVb K-12 School-Based Learn and Serve America Grant 2007-08 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Reading First Schools' Additional Allocation TCS 2 -Additional Legislation Requiring Immediate Action for Fiscal Year 2007-08 (pdf, 37kb) New Business Communications Update NC WISE Update Legislative Update Connectivity Project Update Allotment Formulas 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 Revision of the Standards for the Evaluation of Superintendents (pdf, 214kb) TCP 2 - Job Description and Salary Upgrades for Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physical Therapist Assistant (pdf, 62kb) Action on First Reading TCP 3- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) TCP 4- Final Decision in Contested Case: Stallings v. SBE (pdf, 14kb) TCP 5 - IHE Performance Reports (pdf, 20kb) Discussion TCP 6 - Revision of the License Renewal Requirements to Reflect Legislation (pdf, 35kb) New Business Update on the Status of the Lateral Entry Committee and the Task Force on Teacher Recruitment Recommendations
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- Recommendations for Preliminary Approval of 2007 Charter School Applications (pdf, 220kb) New Business School Turnaround Update
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00PM	State Board of Education Meeting Howard N. Lee, Chairman INFORMATION AGENDA LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs) LFI 2- Briefing on Literacy Coaches (pdf, 18kb) LFI 3- High School Workforce Development Program (Learn and Earn Early College High School Initiative) (pdf, 183kb) LFI 4- Briefing on Comprehensive, Consolidated Assistance Program (pdf, 281kb) GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) GCS 5- Update on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Testing and Accountability (pdf, 51kb) COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION ON FIRST READING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Committee Report (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 2- The 2006-07 ABCs Report and 2007-08 Assistance Program (will be presented on Thursday morning) (pdf, 26kb) Discussion GCS 3 - Field Testing and Special Studies for the 2007-08 School Year (pdf, 48kb) GCS 4 - Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities (pdf, 963kb) New Business Reports (if needed) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Report (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co-Chairs) Action on First Reading TCP 3- Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 30kb) TCP 4- Final Decision in Contested Case: Stallings v. SBE (pdf, 14kb) TCP 5- IHE Performance Reports (pdf, 20kb) Discussion TCP 6 - Revision of the License Renewal Requirements to Reflect Legislation (pdf, 35kb) New Business Reports (if needed) 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 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 950kb) NCLB EETT Grant Awards - IMPACTing Leadership Grant Awards Even Start Family Literacy Programs - Supplemental Allocations 2007-08 Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort IVb K-12 School-Based Learn and Serve America Grant 2007-08 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Reading First Schools’ Additional Allocation TCS 2 -Additional Legislation Requiring Immediate Action for Fiscal Year 2007-08 (pdf, 37kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 130kb) New Business Reports (if needed) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, andMr. Tom Speed, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading LFI 1- Recommendations for Preliminary Approval of 2007 Charter School Applications (pdf, 220kb) New Business Reports (if needed)
4:00 PM	Resolution Honoring Retiring SBE Staff Attorney Harry E. Wilson Reception immediately following in the Board Lounge
5:00 PM	Closed Session
5:45 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Kevin Howell Invocation - Ms. Tricia Willoughby Approval of Minutes Special Presentation - Welcome to the New State Board of Education Student Advisor Mr. Brandon Young, Junior Student Advisor, Enloe High School, Wake County Public Schools Special Recognition - SBE Graduation Project Awards Student Award - Ms. Ashley Barrow, John A. Holmes High School, Edenton-Chowan Schools Coordinators’ Award - Ms. Beverly Alford, Ms. Michelle Ammann, Ms. Holly Danley, and Ms. Diane Gill, Graham High School, Graduation Project Coordinator Team, Alamance County Schools School Award - John A. Holmes High School, Edenton/Chowan Schools Good News Presentation Ms. Karen Wells, Executive Director, NC Arts
9:15 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 2 - The 2006-07 ABCs Report and 2007-08 Assistance Program (pdf, 26kb)
10:00 AM	Recess - ABCs Press Conference, Room 150, Education Building
10:45 AM	Chairman's Remarks Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director Legislative Update Other Items Resolution Honoring Ms. Rita Joyner, Outgoing SBE Legislative Liaison 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 Deputy State Superintendent's Report Mr. JB Buxton
12:00 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."