SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet December 2-3, 2009 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on December 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, 1004kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 740kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 79kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 9.1mb)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 127kb)

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 DECEMBER 2, 2009
10:00 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - Changes to Policy Delineating End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Retests and Review Procedures (pdf, 91kb) Discussion GCS 2 - Changes to NC’s NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 246kb) GCS 3 - Discussion of North Carolina’s Proposed New Accountability Model (pdf, 61kb) GCS 4 - K-12 Science Essential Standards (pdf, 681kb) Old Business Graduation Project University Collaboration
12:30 AM	Adjourn
12:30 AM	Lunch
1:15 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - State Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 148kb) Action on First Reading TCP 2 - Teacher and Principal Evaluation Data Collection Policy (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 3 - Revised Mentor Standards and Training (pdf, 411kb) TCP 4 - Awarding of CEUs for Retired Teachers (pdf, 69kb) TCP 5 - Adding Teaching Areas Based on 24 Semester Hours of Coursework (pdf, 159kb) New Business Update on Field Test of Superintendent’s Evaluation Instrument LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading LFI 1 - Charter School Task Force Policy Changes (pdf, 98kb) Discussion LFI 2 - Enrollment Increase Requests Above 10% and Charter School Grade Expansion (pdf, 9.2mb) New Business NCVPS/LEO Director’s Report
3:00 PM	Adjourn
3:15 PM (or at con-clusion of TCP/LFI)	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. Tom Speed, 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, 42kb) Action on First Reading TCS 2 - Access for Non-Public School Children in North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) and Learn and Earn On-Line (pdf, 52kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 127kb) New Business Communications Update 2010-2011 Supplemental Budget Automated Data Systems Associated with Uniform Education Reporting System (UERS)
4:30 PM	Adjourn
4:40 PM (or at con-clusion of TCS)	Board Convenes in Open Session
	Closed Session
	Board Reconvenes in Open Session
5:15 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
9:00 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Call to Order Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Vice Chairman Pledge of Allegiance - Ms. Tricia Willoughby Approval of Minutes Special Recognition Mr. Wendell Hall, Outgoing SBE Local Board of Education Advisor Key Initiatives Reports and Discussion ACRE Update - Angela Quick District and School Transformation Update - Pat Ashley INFORMATION AGENDA LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading LFI 3 - NC WISE Parent Assist Module (pdf, 12kb) BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) Action GCS 1 - Changes to Policy Delineating End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Retests and Review Procedures (pdf, 91kb) Discussion GCS 2 - Changes to NC’s NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 246kb) GCS 3 - Discussion of North Carolina’s Proposed New Accountability Model (pdf, 61kb) GCS 4 - K-12 Science Essential Standards (pdf, 681kb) New Business Report (if needed) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Action TCP 1 - State Evaluation Committee Teacher Education Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 148kb) Action on First Reading TCP 2 - Teacher and Principal Evaluation Data Collection Policy (pdf, 30kb) Discussion TCP 3 - Revised Mentor Standards and Training (pdf, 411kb) TCP 4 - Awarding of CEUs for Retired Teachers (pdf, 69kb) TCP 5 - Adding Teaching Areas Based on 24 Semester Hours of Coursework (pdf, 159kb) LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading LFI 1 - Charter School Task Force Policy Changes (pdf, 98kb) Discussion LFI 2 - Enrollment Increase Requests Above 10% and Charter School Grade Expansion (pdf, 9.2mb) New Business Report (if needed) BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. Tom Speed, Vice-Chair) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCS 1 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) Funding Formula (pdf, 42kb) Action on First Reading TCS 2 - Access for Non-Public School Children in North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) and Learn and Earn On-Line (pdf, 52kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 127kb) New Business Report (if needed) State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Chairman's Remarks Mr. Wayne McDevitt, Vice Chairman Halifax County Update Legislative Update Old Business
11:30 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."