SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet April 1-3 2008 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on April 1-3 2008, 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, 1.9mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 263kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 311kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 515kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 119kb)

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 1, 2008
1:00 PM	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 - Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 Five-Year State Plan (pdf, 88kb) GCS 2 - 2008 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina (pdf, 159kb) GCS 3 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program Including Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2007-08 School Year (pdf, 63kb) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 147kb) Discussion GCS 5 - Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program Revision Update (pdf, 1.1mb) GCS 6 - Approval of Supplemental Educational Services Providers for 2008-09 (pdf, 90kb) New Business Update on Graduation Project Update on HSP-M-001 Course for Credit Dropout Issues Alternative Math Courses for Select Non-Future-Ready Core Students
4:00 PM	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2008
8:30 AM	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 635kb) Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort V 2007-2008 Reading First Grant Allocations Title I Distinguished Schools’ Recognition TCS 2 - Individual Class Size Exceptions Waiver Requests (pdf, 36kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 119kb) New Business Communications Update Legislative Update Pilot Program of Alternative Teacher Salary Plans Improving Teacher Quality in the DSSF Pilot Districts: A Comparison of Progress from 2004-05 to 2005-06 - January 2008 North Carolina High School Resource Allocation Study - Final Report, February 2008
10:15 AM	Adjourn
1:00 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co Chairs) - Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - Standards for School Executive Preparation Programs (pdf, 39kb) TCP 2 - Addition of Elementary Level (Grades K-6) Licensure Areas in Reading, English-As-A-Second Language, and Special Education: General Curriculum and Special Education: Adapted Curriculum (pdf, 36kb) Action on First Reading TCP 3 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 65kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Approval/Adoption of the School Executive: Principal Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 120kb) New Business Highly Qualified Teachers and the Equitable Distribution of Teachers
12:15 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 - Revision of SBE Policy EEO-U-006 Policy for Charter Schools on Financial and Governance Non-Compliance (pdf, 104kb) Action on First Reading LFI 2 - Program Approval Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 88kb) LFI 3 - The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 30kb) LFI 4 - School-Based Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 35kb) Discussion LFI 5 - Transfer of Charter for Exploris (pdf, 224kb) New Business NC Virtual Public School/Learn and Earn Online (LEO) Director's Report - Professional Learning and Communications Update Comprehensive Support - Turnaround Update HSP-M-001 Update
12:15 PM	Adjourn
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman INFORMATION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) GCS 7 - Operating Procedures for the Enrollment of High School Students in Community College Courses (pdf, 1.0mb) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co Chairs) TCP 5 - Licensure Update (pdf, 20kb) COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION ON FIRST READING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Committee Chair Report(Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 147kb) Discussion GCS 5 - Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program Revision Update (pdf, 1.1mb) GCS 6 - Approval of Supplemental Service Education Providers for 2008-09 (pdf, 90kb) New Business Report (if needed) Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee Chair Report (Twenty-First Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 635kb) Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Cohort V 2007-2008 Reading First Grant Allocations Title I Distinguished Schools’ Recognition TCS 2 - Individual Class Size Exceptions Waiver Requests (pdf, 36kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 119kb) New Business Report (if needed) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Chair Report Action (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, 65kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Approval/Adoption of the School Executive: Principal Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 120kb) New Business Report (if needed) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co-Chairs) Action on First Reading LFI 2 - Program Approval Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 88kb) LFI 3 - The Cooperative Innovative High School Program Act - Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 30kb) LFI 4 - School-Based Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 35kb) Discussion LFI 5 - Transfer of Charter for Exploris (pdf, 224kb) New Business Report (if needed)
4:00 PM	Closed Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Kathy Taft Invocation - Mr. Kevin Howell Approval of Minutes Special Recognition - State Employees Credit Union for Participation in the Personal Financial Literacy Program Ms. Leigh Brady, Senior Vice President Good News Mr. Shawn Gross, Project Director, Project K-Nect 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 Deputy State Superintendent's Report Mr. JB Buxton, Deputy State Superintendent
11:00 AM	Adjourn
12:30 PM	Principal of the Year Luncheon, Capital City Club
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."