SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet February 4-5, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on February 4-5, 2009, 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, 83kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 215kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 317kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 1.6mb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 87kb)

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.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
10:30 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading GCS 1 - Participation in American Diploma Project Algebra I and II Exams (pdf, 45kb) GCS 2 - Technical Correction to State Board Policies (pdf, 40kb) New Business K-2 Literacy Assessment Revision Back on Track - Adult High School Diploma Update on Raising Achievement and Closing the Gap Conference - The NC Graduation Project North Carolina's Annual Performance Report for Students with Disabilities
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co Chair) - Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - State Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Program and Alternative Lateral Entry Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 246kb) New Business Update on Teacher Education Program Re-visioning
2:00 PM	Adjourn
12:30 PM	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 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charters Expiring June 2009 (pdf, 392kb) Discussion LFI 2 - 1:1 Laptop Evaluation: Report to the State Legislature (pdf, 1.2mb) New Business NC Virtual Public School/Learn and Earn Online (LEO) Director's Report Low Performing Charter Schools Charter Schools: Policies and Processes District and School Transformation Update Learn and Earn Update
2:00 PM	Adjourn
4:15 PM	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 AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCS 1 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Funding Formula (pdf, 20kb) TCS 2 - Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children (pdf, 242kb) TCS 3 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (pdf, 27kb) Action on First Reading TCS 4 - Approval of Grant (pdf, 33kb) Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Update on Contracts (pdf, 87kb) New Business Communications Update Budget Update
5:15 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Shirley Harris Swearing-In Ceremony for New State Board of Education Member The Honorable Howard E. Manning, Jr., North Carolina Superior Court Judge Mr. Ray Durham, Jacksonville, NC, Representing Education District 2 Good News Project Enlightenment - Wake County Public Schools Dr. Cynthia Chamblee, Director Special Presentations 2008 Milken Award Winner Mr. Bryan Holley, Corinth Holders Elementary School, Johnston County Schools Donation to the AT&T NC Teacher of the Year Program by AT&T North Carolina Mr. Herb W. Crenshaw, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs, AT&T North Carolina Resolution Honoring Outgoing Deputy State Superintendent Presented by the State Board of Education to Mr. John B. Buxton Approval of Minutes Chairman's Remarks Update on the Framework for Change State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) Action GCS 1 - Participation in American Diploma Project Algebra I and II Exams (pdf, 45kb) GCS 2 - Technical Correction to State Board Policies (pdf, 40kb) New Business (if needed) BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) Action TCS 1 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Funding Formula (pdf, 20kb) TCS 2 - Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children (pdf, 242kb) TCS 3 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (pdf, 27kb) Action on First Reading TCS 4 - Approval of Grant (pdf, 33kb) Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) Grant Update on Contracts (pdf, 87kb) New Business Report (if needed) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co Chair) Action TCP 1 - State Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Program and Alternative Lateral Entry Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 246kb) New Business Report (if needed) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs Action LFI 1 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charters Expiring June 2009 (pdf, 392kb) Discussion LFI 2 - 1:1 Laptop Evaluation: Report to the State Legislature (pdf, 1.2mb) New Business Report (if needed) Old Business New Business INFORMATION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) GCS 2 - Technical Correction to State Board Policies (pdf, 17kb)
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."