SBE Meeting Information

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State Board of Education to Meet March 4-5, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on March 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, 1.2mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 2.1mb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 64kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 6.3mb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
(pdf, 32kb)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 76kb)

Note: In accordance with 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, MARCH 4, 2009
8:00 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 Grant (pdf, 80kb) 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Update on Contracts (pdf, 76kb) New Business Communications Update Budget Update
9:00 AM	Adjourn
10:00 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) – State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading GCS 1 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 470kb) GCS 2 - Publisher’s Request to Remove Textbook (pdf, 50kb) Discussion GCS 3 - 2009 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina (pdf, 539kb) GCS 4 - Allowing Retest Results in the Calculation of Performance Composites of the ABCs and AYP (pdf, 87kb) GCS 5 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program Including Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2008-09 School Year (pdf, 61kb) New Business Math Standards Discussion Graduation Project Discussion
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 - Approval of the Location of the 4th Regional Alternative Licensure Center (pdf, 34kb) Action on First Reading TCP 2 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 47kb) TCP 3 - APA Policies on Teacher Evaluation Process: Public Comments Report (16 NCAC 6C.0503 and 16 NCAC 6C.0504) (pdf, 2.0mb) Discussion TCP 4 - Proposed Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Provisional Licenses in School Counseling and School Social Work (pdf, 32kb) TCP 5 - Lateral Entry Licenses for NC Virtual Public School Teachers of Critical Languages (pdf, 35kb) New Business Update on School Leadership Program Re-visioning Professional Development at Githens Middle School (Durham Public Schools)
3:00 PM	Adjourn
1:00 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 - 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative Report (pdf, 6.2mb) LFI 2 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charter Expiring June 2009 (pdf, 64kb) Action on First Reading LFI 3 - Program Approvals Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 31kb) 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 Lateral Entry Licenses for NC Virtual Public School Teachers of Critical Languages
3:00PM	Adjourn
3:15 PM	Board Convenes in Open Session
3:20 PM	Closed Session
4:00 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Swearing-In Ceremony for New State Board of Education Member The Honorable Carl R. Fox, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Dr. William C. Harrison, Fayetteville, NC, At-Large Member Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Shirley Harris Approval of Minutes Resolution Honoring Outgoing Deputy State Superintendent Mr. John B. Buxton Remarks by State Board of Education Chairman Howard N. Lee Election of State Board of Education Chairman Special Presentation by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators Mr. Howard N. Lee INFORMATION AGENDA HEALTHY RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) LFI 3 - Program Approvals Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 31kb) Chairman's Remarks Update on the Framework for Change State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading GCS 1 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 470kb) GCS 2 - Publisher’s Request to Remove Textbook (pdf, 50kb) Discussion GCS 3 - 2009 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina (pdf, 539kb) GCS 4 - Allowing Retest Results in the Calculation of Performance Composites of the ABCs and AYP (pdf, 87kb) GCS 5 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program Including Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2008-09 School Year (pdf, 61kb) New Business Report (if needed) BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grant (pdf, 80kb) 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Update on Contracts (pdf, 76kb) New Business Report (if needed) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCP 2 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 47kb) TCP 3 - APA Policies on Teacher Evaluation Process: Public Comments Report (16 NCAC 6C.0503 and 16 NCAC 6C.0504) (pdf, 2.0mb) Discussion TCP 4 - Proposed Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Provisional Licenses in School Counseling and School Social Work (pdf, 32kb) TCP 5 - Lateral Entry Licenses for NC Virtual Public School Teachers of Critical Languages (pdf, 35kb) New Business Report (if needed) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co- Chairs) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action LFI 1 - 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative Report (pdf, 6.2mb) LFI 2 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charter Expiring June 2009 (pdf, 64kb) Action on First Reading LFI 3 - Program Approvals Under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act (pdf, 31kb) New Business Report (if needed) Old Business New Business
11:00 AM	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."

SBE MEETING INFORMATION