SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet August 5-6, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on August 5-6, 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, 238kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 1.4mb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 203kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 86kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 284kb)

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, AUGUST 5, 2009
8:00 AM	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair; Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 323kb) 2009-10 Unallotted Reading First Funds Education for Homeless Children and Youth Grant Awards TCS 2 - 2009-10 Special Provisions (pdf, 0kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 284kb) New Business Communications Update Budget Update Intern Update - Presentation of Projects/Reports
9:45 AM	Adjourn
10:00 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (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 - ABCs/AYP Report for the 2008-09 School Year (PRESENTED ON THURSDAY) (pdf, 16kb) Discussion GCS 2 - Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Evaluation Policy (pdf, 39kb) GCS 3 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School Considerations for English Language Arts (pdf, 116kb) GCS 4 - K-12 Mathematics, English 10, Occupational Course of Study, and K-12 Information Technology Essential Standards (pdf, 62kb) New Business Honors Review Follow-Up (This item will be presented first at the meeting.) Update on National Standards New Business Graduation Project Status
1:00 PM	Adjourn
12:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 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 - Recommendations for Preliminary Approval of 2009 Charter School Applications (pdf, 89kb) Discussion LFI 2 - Charter Termination of PreEminent Charter School (pdf, 56kb) New Business Redesign of High School Turnaround NCVPS Director’s Report
3:15 PM	Adjourn
1:45 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair) – Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Discussion TCP 1 - Addition of Elementary (K-6) Content Area Concentrations as License Areas (pdf, 48kb) TCP 2 - Proposed Qualifying Score for the Revised School Leaders Licensure Assessment School Leadership Series (pdf, 70kb) TCP 3 - Revised Mentor Standards and Training (pdf, 531kb)
3:15PM	Adjourn
3:30 PM	Board Convenes in Open Session
	Closed Session
	Board Reconvenes in Open Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009
9:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Dr. William C. Harrison, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Mr. Wayne McDevitt Swearing-In Ceremony for New Board Members - The Honorable Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Marshall, Education District 8 SBE Member (Reappointment) Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Raleigh, At-Large SBE Member (Reappointment) Mr. Reginald Kenan, Warsaw, Education District 2 SBE Member Approval of Minutes Special Recognition – New State Board of Education Advisors Mr. Vann Pennell, Wachovia North Carolina Principal of the Year Advisor Ms. Jessica Garner, AT&T North Carolina Teacher of the Year Advisor INFORMATION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) GCS 5 - Field Testing and Special Studies for the 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 41kb) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair) TCP 4 - 2008 Teacher Working Conditions Survey Data and Research (pdf, 828kb) BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading GCS 1 - ABCs/AYP Report for the 2008-09 School Year (PRESENTED ON THURSDAY) (pdf, 16kb) Discussion GCS 2 - Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Evaluation Policy (pdf, 39kb) GCS 3 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School Considerations for English Language Arts (pdf, 116kb) GCS 4 - K-12 Mathematics, English 10, Occupational Course of Study, and K-12 Information Technology Essential Standards (pdf, 62kb) New Business Report (if needed) BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair; Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 323kb) 2009-10 Unallotted Reading First Funds Education for Homeless Children and Youth Grant Awards TCS 2 - 2009-10 Special Provisions (pdf, 0kb) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Discussion TCP 1 - Addition of Elementary (K-6) Content Area Concentrations as License Areas (pdf, 48kb) TCP 2 - Proposed Qualifying Score for the Revised School Leaders Licensure Assessment School Leadership Series (pdf, 70kb) TCP 3 - Revised Mentor Standards and Training (pdf, 531kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co-Chairs) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action LFI 1 - Recommendations for Preliminary Approval of 2009 Charter School Applications (pdf, 89kb) Discussion LFI 2 - Charter Termination of PreEminent Charter School (pdf, 56kb) New Business (if needed) State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Chairman's Remarks Update on the Framework for Change Halifax County Update Legislative Update Old Business New Business Approval of SBE 2010 Meeting Schedule GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading GCS 1 - ABCs/AYP Report for the 2008-09 School Year (followed by a press event in the Board Lounge, adjacent to the State Board Room) (pdf, 16kb)
12:45 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."