SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet September 2-3, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on September 2-3, 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, 1.9mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 3.3mb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 217kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 47kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
(pdf, 47kb)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 66kb)

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, SEPTEMBER 2, 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 AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grants (pdf, 122kb) 21st Century Community Learning Centers NCLB Enhancing Education through Technology Continuation Grant Awards – IMPACT II, IMPACT III, and IMPACT IV Awards TCS 2 - Requests for Waiver of the Repayment Obligation of the National Board Certification Participation Fee (pdf, 72kb) TCS 3 - Governor’s School Board of Governors (pdf, 45kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 66kb) New Business Communications Update Budget Update
9:45 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 GCS 1 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School: Considerations for English I (pdf, 116kb) GCS 2 - K-12 Mathematics, English 10, Occupational Course of Study, and K-12 Information and Technology Essential Standards (pdf, 62kb) Action on First Reading GCS 3 - Approval of Providers for Supplemental Educational Services (SES) for 2009-10 (pdf, 274kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Evaluation Policy (pdf, 54kb) GCS 5 - Honors Course Policy Revisions (pdf, 182kb) GCS 6 - Healthy Youth Act Implementation (pdf, 71kb) GCS 7 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program for the 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 1.2mb) HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE 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 HRS 1 - Schools At-Risk of Being Labeled Persistently Dangerous (pdf, 125kb)
1:00 PM	Adjourn
12:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co-Chairs) – Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building New Business District and School Transformation Districts 2008-09 Performance
2:15 PM	Adjourn
1:45 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair) – State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - Addition of Elementary (K-6) Content Area Concentrations as License Areas (pdf, 68kb) TCP 2 - Proposed Qualifying Score for the Revised School Leaders Licensure Assessment School Leadership Series (pdf, 99kb) TCP 3 - Clarification of the Effective Date of the Adjusted Praxis II Score for Physical Education (pdf, 18kb) Action on First Reading TCP 4 - Final Decision in Contested Cases: (pdf, 24kb) Courtney M. Sears vs. DPI John David Erwin v. NC-DPI Jennifer Satinsky v. NC-SBE Allen M. Coyle v. NC-SBE TCP 5 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 46kb) Discussion TCP 6 - Proposed Standards for the Evaluation of School Psychologists (pdf, 225kb) TCP 7 - Annual Report on the Reasons Teachers Leave (Teacher Turnover Report) (pdf, 2.8mb) New Business Licensure Operational Update
3:15 PM	Adjourn
3:30 PM	Board Convenes in Open Session
	Closed Session
	Board Reconvenes in Open Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
8:30 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Dr. William C. Harrison, Chairman Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Shirley Harris Approval of Minutes August 5-6 SBE meeting August 12 SBE conference call meeting Special Recognition – New State Board of Education Advisors Dr. Jack Hoke, Alexander County, Superintendent Advisor Mr. Vann Pennell, Wachovia North Carolina Principal of the Year Advisor INFORMATION AGENDA LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Mr. Tom Speed, Co-Chair) LFI 1 - Data from Turnaround Schools (pdf, 34kb) LFI 2 - Plan for Statewide Assistance for Schools (pdf, 13kb) BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - High School Courses Taken in the Middle School: Considerations for English I (pdf, 116kb) GCS 2 - K-12 Mathematics, English 10, Occupational Course of Study, and K-12 Information and Technology Essential Standards (pdf, 62kb) Action on First Reading GCS 3 - Approval of Providers for Supplemental Educational Services (SES) for 2009-10 (pdf, 274kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Evaluation Policy (pdf, 54kb) GCS 5 - Honors Course Policy Revisions (pdf, 182kb) GCS 6 - Healthy Youth Act Implementation (pdf, 71kb) GCS 7 - Changes to Policy Delineating the Components of the ABCs Accountability Program for the 2009-10 School Year (pdf, 1.2mb) New Business (if needed) HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading HRS 1 - Schools At-Risk of Being Labeled Persistently Dangerous (pdf, 125kb) 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 Grants (pdf, 122kb) 21st Century Community Learning Centers NCLB Enhancing Education through Technology Continuation Grant Awards – IMPACT II, IMPACT III, and IMPACT IV Awards TCS 2 - Requests for Waiver of the Repayment Obligation of the National Board Certification Participation Fee (pdf, 72kb) TCS 3 - Governor’s School Board of Governors (pdf, 45kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 66kb) New Business Report (if needed) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Co-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - Addition of Elementary (K-6) Content Area Concentrations as License Areas (pdf, 68kb) TCP 2 - Proposed Qualifying Score for the Revised School Leaders Licensure Assessment School Leadership Series (pdf, 99kb) TCP 3 - Clarification of the Effective Date of the Adjusted Praxis II Score for Physical Education (pdf, 18kb) Action on First Reading TCP 4 - Final Decision in Contested Cases: (pdf, 24kb) Courtney M. Sears vs. DPI John David Erwin v. NC-DPI Jennifer Satinsky v. NC-SBE Allen M. Coyle v. NC-SBE TCP 5 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 46kb) Discussion TCP 6 - Proposed Standards for the Evaluation of School Psychologists (pdf, 225kb) TCP 7 - Annual Report on the Reasons Teachers Leave (Teacher Turnover Report) (pdf, 2.8mb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co- Chairs) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action 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
11:15 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."