SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet August 5-7, 2008 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on August 5-7, 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, 345kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 362kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 529kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 65kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 287kb)

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, AUGUST 5, 2008
1:00 PM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading GCS 1 - AYP Results for High Schools, AYP Math Results for Elementary and Middle Schools, ABCs Growth and Cohort Graduation Rates (Presented on Thursday) (pdf, 23kb) GCS 2 - Update on Framework for Change's "Writing Assessment" (pdf, 23kb) Discussion GCS 3 - Changes Regarding Eligibility Criteria for Accommodations and Alternate Assessments Designated for Students Identified as LimitedEnglish Proficient (pdf, 146kb) GCS 4 - State Graduation Requirements Revision of HSP-N-004 (pdf, 52kb) GCS 5 - More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Curricula Recommendations (pdf, 139kb) New Business Middle Grades Second Language Waiver Request New Business Communications Update
3:30 PM	Adjourn
5:15 PM	Dinner and Report from Summer Interns Room 150, Education Building
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008
7:30 AM	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair; Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 696kb) State Board of Career-Technical Education pproval of Carl D. Perkins College Tech Prep Grants Personal Financial Literacy Grant Awards NCLB Enhancing Education through Technology - IMPACT II Year 2 Awards TCS 2 - Requests for Waiver of the Repayment Obligation of the National Board Certification Participation Fee (pdf, 89kb) TCS 3 - 2008-09 Special Provisions (pdf, 96kb) TCS 4 - Program Approval Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 49kb) TCS 5 - ABCs Incentive Award Formula (Presented on Thursday) (pdf, 20kb) TCS 6 - SBE Plan for the Use of Mentor Funds and Mentor Training (pdf, 18kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 287kb) New Business Communications Update NC WISE Update 2009-11 Biennial Budget Statewide Child Nutrition Procurement Alliance Intern Projects
9:00 AM	Adjourn
9:10 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 on First Reading TCP 1 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 47kb) TCP 2 - Final Decision in Contested Cases - Joshua Apple vs. DPI, Gregory Bates vs. DPI, and Heather Brame vs. SBE (pdf, 17kb) Discussion TCP 3 - Renaming the Hearing Impaired Teacher License Area (pdf, 43kb) TCP 4 - Proposed Rubric for Preservice Teachers and the Teacher Education Program Approval Process (pdf, 193kb) TCP 5 - Teacher Evaluation Policies (pdf, 45kb) New Business Update on the Teacher and School Executive Evaluation Instrument Training Update from the Ad Hoc Committee on Non-Teaching Work Experience and Graduate Pay Licensure Update SBE Plan for the Use of Mentor Funds and Mentor Training
11:00 AM	Adjourn
10:00 AM	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building New Business Comprehensive Support Learn and Earn Implementation Grants - Planning Sites
11:00 AM	Adjourn
11:15AM	Education Leaders Meeting - Room 150, Education Building
1:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION ON FIRST READING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Committee Chair’s Report (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading Action on First Reading GCS 1 - AYP Results for High Schools, AYP Math Results for Elementary and Middle Schools, ABCs Growth and Cohort Graduation Rates (Presented on Thursday) (pdf, 23kb) GCS 2 - Update on Framework for Change's "Writing Assessment" (pdf, 23kb) Discussion GCS 3 - Changes Regarding Eligibility Criteria for Accommodations and Alternate Assessments Designated for Students Identified as LimitedEnglish Proficient (pdf, 146kb) GCS 4 - State Graduation Requirements Revision of HSP-N-004 (pdf, 52kb) GCS 5 - More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Curricula Recommendations (pdf, 139kb) 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, 696kb) State Board of Career-Technical Education pproval of Carl D. Perkins College Tech Prep Grants Personal Financial Literacy Grant Awards NCLB Enhancing Education through Technology - IMPACT II Year 2 Awards TCS 2 - Requests for Waiver of the Repayment Obligation of the National Board Certification Participation Fee (pdf, 89kb) TCS 3 - 2008-09 Special Provisions (pdf, 96kb) TCS 4 - Program Approval Requests Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 49kb) TCS 5 - ABCs Incentive Award Formula (Presented on Thursday) (pdf, 20kb) TCS 6 - SBE Plan for the Use of Mentor Funds and Mentor Training (pdf, 18kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 287kb) New Business Report (if needed) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Chair Report (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co-Chairs) Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 47kb) TCP 2 - Final Decision in Contested Cases - Joshua Apple vs. DPI, Gregory Bates vs. DPI, and Heather Brame vs. SBE (pdf, 17kb) Discussion TCP 3 - Renaming the Hearing Impaired Teacher License Area (pdf, 43kb) TCP 4 - Proposed Rubric for Preservice Teachers and the Teacher Education Program Approval Process (pdf, 193kb) TCP 5 - Teacher Evaluation Policies (pdf, 45kb) New Business Report (if needed)
3:45PM	Closed Session
5:00 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2008
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Mrs. Melissa Bartlett Invocation - Ms. Kathy Taft Approval of Minutes Special Recognition Dr. Joseph F. Johnson, Outgoing Chairman, The Advisory Commission on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps. Good News Communities in Schools Presentation: New Evidence-Based Research - Ms. Linda Harrill, President/CEO, Communities In Schools in North Carolina Special Presentation Ms. Cindi Rigsbee, NC 2008 AT&T Teacher of the Year SBE Advisor Dr. Debra Morris, NC 2008 Wachovia Principal of the Year SBE Advisor Presentation of State Board of Education Resolution Dr. Wandra C. Polk, Director, K-12 Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Division Chairman's Remarks Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director Legislative Update Other Items State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Information INFORMATION AGENDA LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading LFI 1 - NC (pdf, 104kb) Board Meeting Globally Competitive Students Twenty-First Century Systems Twenty-First Century Professionals Healthy Responsible Students Leadership for Innovation Old Business New Business Adoption of the 2009 SBE Meeting Schedule Deputy State Superintendent's Report Mr. JB Buxton, Deputy State Superintendent
11:00 AM	Adjourn
11:30 AM	Lunch Celebration - One-Year Anniversary, NC Virtual Public School Room 150, Education Building
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."