SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet February 3-4, 2010 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on February 3-4, 2010, 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, 839kb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 132kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 216kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 1.0mb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
(pdf, 44kb)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 83kb)

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, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
10:00 AM	ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Chair, and Mr. Reginald Kenan, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Discussion HRS 1 - Revisions to HRS-A-000: Acts of School Violence Reported to Law Enforcement and to the State Board of Education (pdf, 51kb) GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Discussion GCS 1 - Discussion of North Carolina’s Proposed New Accountability Model (pdf, 61kb) GCS 2 - K-12 Science Essential Standards (pdf, 378kb) GCS 3 - Recommendations for Compliance with HB88, the Healthy Youth Act (pdf, 415kb)
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Lunch - Visitors from Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
1:20 PM	LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action LFI 1 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charters Expiring June 2010 (pdf, 954kb) Action on First Reading LFI 2 - Approval of Charter Schools Technology Plans (pdf, 87kb) New Business NCVPS/LEO Director's Report

1:50 PM (or following LFI)	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 Discussion TCP 1 - Recommendations for Compliance with HB88, the Healthy Youth Act - Teacher Education Specialty Area Standards for Health Education Teacher Candidates (pdf, 132kb) Old Business Removal of Barriers to Lateral Entry Into Teaching
2:30 PM	Adjourn
2:45 PM(or at conclusion of LFI/TCP)	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 - 2010-2011 Supplemental Budget Request (pdf, 24kb) Discussion TCS 2 - Science Safety Standards (pdf, 174kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 83kb)
3:50 PM	Adjourn
4:00 PM(or at conclusion of TCS)	Board Convenes in Open Session
	Closed Session
	Board Reconvenes in Open Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010
9:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Call to Order Dr. William C. Harrison, Chairman Pledge of Allegiance Ms. Kathy Taft Approval of Minutes January 6-7, 2010 SBE Meeting Special Recognition - Graduation Project Reflections Ms. Brittney Del Pizzo, Junior Student Advisor to the State Board of Education Key Initiatives Reports and Discussion ACRE Update - Ms. Angela Quick District and School Transformation Update - Dr. Pat Ashley Performance Navigator - Mr. Adam Levinson BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair, and Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) Discussion GCS 1 - Discussion of North Carolina’s Proposed New Accountability Model (pdf, 61kb) GCS 2 - K-12 Science Essential Standards (pdf, 378kb) GCS 3 - Recommendations for Compliance with HB88, the Healthy Youth Act (pdf, 415kb) HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Chair, and Mr. Reginald Kenan, Vice-Chair) Discussion HRS 1 - Revisions to HRS-A-000: Acts of School Violence Reported to Law Enforcement and to the State Board of Education (pdf, 51kb) 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Discussion TCP 1 - Recommendations for Compliance with HB88, the Healthy Youth Act - Teacher Education Specialty Area Standards for Health Education Teacher Candidates (pdf, 132kb) Old Business Report (if needed) LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) Action LFI 1 - Renewal Recommendations for Charter Schools with Charters Expiring June 2010 (pdf, 954kb) Action on First Reading LFI 2 - Approval of Charter Schools Technology Plans (pdf, 87kb) 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 TCS 1 - 2010-2011 Supplemental Budget Request (pdf, 24kb) Discussion TCS 2 - Science Safety Standards (pdf, 174kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 83kb) State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Dr. Jacqueline Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Early Learning, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education (Invited) Chairman's Remarks Dr. William C. Harrison Legislative Update New Business 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."