October 17 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
October 17, 2024
10:00 a.m.
4^th 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 September 17, 2024 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

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)

1. 01. Information: Educator Workforce Development Update [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
2. 02. Information: Overview of the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card [Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material
3. 03. Information: MSIS Modernization Progress Report [Goals 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material
4. 04. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 04.A. Action: Renew contract with Reading and Language Art Center, Inc. D.B.A. Brainspring for Fiscal Year 2025 for Professional development training system based on the Orton Gillingham reading methodology [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material

5. 05. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 05.A. Action: Award renewability grants for the Nita M. Lowery 21st Century Community Learning Program [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material

6. 06. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote, unless otherwise noted.) Back-up material
    
   1. A. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   3. C. Approval of the Mississippi School of the Arts Drone Policy (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval to establish one (1) new Career Pathway in the endorsement area of Unmanned Aircraft Systems; and to revise endorsement 506 Special Populations Personnel (postsecondary only)
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 107: Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines to revise certain existing criteria and establish new criteria for federal reporting, onboarding new providers, closing providers, and deleting programs
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval of University of Southern Mississippi’s request to modify its existing approved licensure-track program for Administrator K-12 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval to revise the methodology of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act grants to support local educational agencies in providing supplemental services for homeless children and youth in accordance with Title IX, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval of the Amendment to the Agreement between the Union County School District and New Albany School District for the Construction of the New Albany Center for Innovation (Erin Meyer) Back-up material
   9. I.  Adoption of the Resolution Approving the Action of the Holmes County Consolidated School District of the Landlord Consent and Estoppel related to the assignment of a Sand and Gravel Excavation Lease (John Ferrell) Back-up material

XI.       Consideration of Executive Session

XII.       State Board of Education

1. 1.  Report on meetings attended
2. 2.  Approval of attendance at meetings

XIII.      Other Business

XIV.      Adjournment

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