Mississippi Board of Education
January 18, 2024
10:00 a.m.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
Mississippi Department of Education (MDE)
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Agenda
I. Call to Order
II. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation
III. Approval of minutes of December 21, 2023 Board meeting
IV. Approval of Agenda
V. Recognition Ceremony
National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished School
Category 2 - Closing the achievement gap between student groups
Jackson County School District
Vancleave Lower Elementary School
Krista Sablich, Principal
VI. Report of State Superintendent of Education
VII. Report of Chair
VIII. Report of the Student Representatives
IX. Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee (SBE) Meetings
X. Discussion and/or Approval of Board Items (All action items require vote)
- 01. Information: Progress on the Mississippi State Board of Education’s (SBE) Strategic Plan [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Raymond C. Morgigno) Back-up material
- 02. Information: Report of the 2024 graduation rates for the state, district, and school levels [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
- 03. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
- 03.A. Action: Modify contract with Mythics, Inc. to provide Oracle Licensing Support [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material
- 04. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote, unless otherwise noted.) Back-up material
- A. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- C. Approval of certified personnel for the Mississippi School of the Arts, Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- D. Approval to adopt policies required by state statute for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to be placed on the District Policy Service website established by the Mississippi School Boards Association (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- 1. Section: I; Policy Code: ICF
Policy: Curriculum Adoption - 2. Section: I; Policy Code: IC
Policy: Curriculum Development - 3. Section: I; Policy Code: ICB
Policy: Curriculum Development Planning - 4. Section: I; Policy Code: ICA
Policy: Curriculum Development Resources/Equipment and Supplies Section and Adoption - 5. Section: J; Policy Code: JRD
Policy: Detention Facility Records - 6. Section: J; Policy Code: JCDAC
Policy: Drugs and Alcohol (Possessions or Reasonable Suspicion) - 7. Section: J; Policy Code: JGCDA-P
Policy: Management of Narcan and Other Opioid Antagonists - 8. Section: I; Policy Code: ICG
Policy: Sex-Related Education
- 1. Section: I; Policy Code: ICF
- E. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy Chapter 56, Rule 56.1 – Distance Learning, Blended Learning, and Online Courses (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- F. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy Chapter 28, Rule 28.2 – Approved Courses for the Secondary Schools (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- G. Approval to add Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) K- 8 to the Mississippi Department of Education adopted textbook list (Donna Boone) Back-up material
- H. Approval of appointments to the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
- I. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendix F, Requirements of the Mississippi Statewide Assessment System - Standard 16 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
- J. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 1 – Accountability, Rule 1.1 – Educational Accountability (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Sonya Amis) Back-up material
- K. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-2: Chapter 2 – Organization of the State Board, Rule 2.3 – Student Representatives of the Mississippi State Board of Education
(Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Sonya Amis) Back-up material
XI. Consideration of Executive Session
XII. State Board of Education
- 1. Report on meetings attended
- 2. Approval of attendance at meetings
XIII. Other Business
XIV. Adjournment
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