SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet April 29-May 1, 2008 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on April 29-May 1, 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, 2.5mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 310kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 177kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 131kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 99kb)

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 29, 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 - Approval of Supplemental Educational Services Providers for 2008-09 (pdf, 468kb) Action on First Reading GCS 2 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 325kb) GCS 3 - Changes and Clarifications to Policy HSP-A-012, Regarding NCLB Title III Annual Measurable Assessment Objectives (pdf, 41kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program Revision Update (pdf, 40kb) GCS 5 - Discussion of HSP-M-001 Course for Credit Policy (pdf, 44kb) GCS 6 - Standard Course of Study for English Language Development, K-12 New Business Update on Graduation Project Alternative Math Courses for Select Non-Future-Ready Core Students
4:00 PM	Adjourn
6:00 PM	AT&T Teacher of the Year Banquet Brier Creek Country Club, Raleigh, NC
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 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, 156kb) 2007-2008 Reading First Grant Allocations Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI from USDA TCS 2 - Legislated One-time Sign-on Bonus for Teachers Paid on Step 0 of the Salary Schedule (pdf, 29kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 99kb) New Business Communications Update Legislative Update Highlights of the NC Public School Budget - February 2008
10:15 AM	Adjourn
10:30 AM	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 - Approval/Adoption of the School Executive: Principal Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 279kb) Discussion TCP 2 - School Executive: Principal Evaluation Policies (pdf, 37kb) TCP 3 - State Evaluation Committee Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 20kb) New Business Update on Training on the School Executive: Principal Evaluation Instrument Report on the Pilot of the New Teacher Evaluation Instrument
12:15 PM	Adjourn
1:00 AM	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs - Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action LFI 1 - Transfer of Charter for Exploris (pdf, 153kb) Action on First Reading LFI 2 - Program Approval Exemption Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 35kb) New Business Comprehensive Support NC Virtual Public School/Learn and Earn Online (LEO) Director's Report
12:15 PM	Adjourn
12:15 PM	Lunch
4:00 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Chairman Howard N. Lee Issues Session Accountability and Testing Discussion - A New Generation Vice Chairman Wayne McDevitt
3:45 PM	HEALTHY RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS Special Presentation from Dr. Susan Purser, Superintendent, Moore County Schools, and Dr. Robin Cummings, Cardiologist, on HeartSafe Moore County Project. 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 2 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 325kb) GCS 3 - Changes and Clarifications to Policy HSP-A-012, Regarding NCLB Title III Annual Measurable Assessment Objectives (pdf, 41kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program Revision Update (pdf, 40kb) GCS 5 - Discussion of HSP-M-001 Course for Credit Policy (pdf, 44kb) GCS 6 - Standard Course of Study for English Language Development, K-12 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, 156kb) 2007-2008 Reading First Grant Allocations Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI from USDA TCS 2 - Legislated One-time Sign-on Bonus for Teachers Paid on Step 0 of the Salary Schedule (pdf, 29kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 99kb) New Business Report (if needed) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Chair Report (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co-Chairs) Discussion TCP 2 - School Executive: Principal Evaluation Policies (pdf, 37kb) TCP 3 - State Evaluation Committee Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 20kb) 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, 35kb) New Business Report (if needed)
4:30 PM	Closed Session
5:00 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
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 Good News Student Month: The Good News About Students - Presentation from Ms. Danielle Alston, Senior SBE Student Advisor and Mr. Brandon Young, Junior SBE Student Advisor Special Recognition Ms. Danielle Alston, Outgoing Senior SBE Student Advisor 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
12:00 PM	Summit on US/China K-12 Education: Global Collaborations and Partnerships - Friday Institute, NC State University
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."