SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet Wednesday, May 6, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 6, 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, 1.5mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 124kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 137kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 581kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 94kb)

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, MAY 6, 2009
7:30 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, 173kb) 2009-2010 Reading First Funding Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI from USDA Update on Contracts (pdf, 94kb) New Business Communications Update Budget Update Intern Update
8:30 AM	Adjourn
8:45 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 GCS 1 - Construction Education Programs Certification and Credentials (pdf, 107kb) GCS 2 - 2009-10 Writing Instruction Plan (pdf, 495kb) GCS 3 - Changes to Policy Providing Annual Performance Standards Under the ABCs Model (pdf, 53kb) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 505kb) GCS 5 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program for the 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 70kb) GCS 6 - Occupational Course of Study - Proposed Temporary Waiver of Paid Employment Graduation Requirement (pdf, 46kb) Discussion GCS 7 - Recommended Changes to Achievement Level Descriptors for NCEXTEND2 for 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 177kb) GCS 8 - Academic Scholars Program (pdf, 46kb) GCS 9 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School Considerations for Social Studies (pdf, 72kb) New Business Honors Review Follow Up Recommendations on Course for Credit - Credit Recovery
11:00 AM	Adjourn
11:15 AM	Board meets in Open Session
	Board convenes Closed Session
11:50 AM	Board reconvenes in Open Session and recesses until afternoon session
12:00 PM	Lunch – SCORE Luncheon, Room 150
1:15 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co-Chair) - Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Discussion TCP 1 - Principal and Teacher Evaluation Instrument State Level Ratings (pdf, 20kb) TCP 2 - Principal/Assistant Principal Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 91kb)
2:15 PM	Adjourn
1:15 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 on First Reading LFI 1 - Approval of LEAs and Charter Schools Technology Plans (pdf, 39kb) LFI 2 - Appointment to Joint Advisory Committee for Cooperative Innovative High School Programs (pdf, 19kb) LFI 3 - School-Based Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 448kb) Discussion LFI 4 - Standardization of Waiver/Exemption List for Cooperative Innovative High School Program Application (pdf, 64kb) New Business New Charter School Applications
2:30PM	Adjourn
2:45 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Dr. William C. Harrison, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Shirley Harris Approval of Minutes Special Recognition Mr. Brandon Young, Outgoing Student Advisor Senior, Enloe High School, Wake County Schools INFORMATION AGENDA BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) TCS 2 - A Discussion of North Carolina's Effective Teachers and Teacher Salaries - Research by Duke Graduate Students (pdf, 21kb) BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA STATE BOARD OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION Action GCS 1 - Construction Education Programs Certification and Credentials (pdf, 107kb) GCS 2 - 2009-10 Writing Instruction Plan (pdf, 495kb) GCS 3 - Changes to Policy Providing Annual Performance Standards Under the ABCs Model (pdf, 53kb) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 505kb) GCS 5 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program for the 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 70kb) GCS 6 - Occupational Course of Study - Proposed Temporary Waiver of Paid Employment Graduation Requirement (pdf, 46kb) Discussion GCS 7 - Recommended Changes to Achievement Level Descriptors for NCEXTEND2 for 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 177kb) GCS 8 - Academic Scholars Program (pdf, 46kb) GCS 9 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School Considerations for Social Studies (pdf, 72kb) New Business Report (if needed) BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (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 Grants (pdf, 173kb) 2009-2010 Reading First Funding Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Awarded to NCDPI from USDA Update on Contracts (pdf, 94kb) New Business Report (if needed) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - Principal and Teacher Evaluation Instrument State Level Ratings (pdf, 20kb) TCP 2 - Principal/Assistant Principal Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 91kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co- Chairs) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action LFI 1 - Approval of LEAs and Charter Schools Technology Plans (pdf, 39kb) LFI 2 - Appointment to Joint Advisory Committee for Cooperative Innovative High School Programs (pdf, 19kb) LFI 3 - School-Based Calendar Waivers for Educational Purposes (pdf, 448kb) Discussion LFI 4 - Standardization of Waiver/Exemption List for Cooperative Innovative High School Program Application (pdf, 64kb) New Business Report (if needed) State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Chairman's Remarks Update on the Framework for Change Legislative Report Old Business New Business
5:00 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."