Mississippi Board of Education
September 13, 2012
10:00 A.M.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
359 North West Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Agenda
- Report of State Superintendent of Education
- Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee meetings
- Discussion of Report on Action of the Commission on School Accreditation concerning the assignment of district accreditation statuses (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Discussion of approval of final action to hold districts and schools harmless for the Graduation/Dropout Component of the Statewide Accountability System for the 2012 Accountability Results (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Discussion of the ESEA Flexibility Request, Principle 2, Differentiated Accountability as a final rule (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of the 2012 Accountability Results (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Report of Student Performance in Conservator Districts, Schools At-Risk, and School Improvement Grant (SIG) Schools (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Report on Indianola School District (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Report on Sunflower County School District (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Report on GED Option (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Report on New Start Schools (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Annual Report of the Mississippi Special Education Advisory Panel (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of beginning the Administrative Procedures Act process to revise the Testing Students with Disabilities Regulations (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of modifying contract with Measured Progress for Fiscal Year 2013 to provide additional technical services for the Mississippi Alternate Assessment of Extended Curriculum Frameworks (MAAECF) (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of modifying contract with NCS Pearson, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2013 to include indemnification language for the Mississippi Subject Area Testing Program, Second Edition (SATP2) (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of modifying contract with NCS Pearson, Inc., for Fiscal Year 2013 to include indemnification language for the Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition (MCT2) (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion of modifying grant awards for the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
- Discussion of contract with SyLNX, Incorporated to streamline the braille and large print textbook management process for the Mississippi School for the Blind (Daphne Buckley) Backup Material
- Discussion of appointment to the Commission on School Accreditation (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Report of the Accountability Task Force meeting held on September 5, 2012 (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Discussion of days missed by school districts as a result of Hurricane Isaac (John Gilbert) Backup Material
- Discussion of Consent Items
- Discussion of monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement benefits (Kim Benton) Backup Material
- Discussion to establish the Guidelines for P-16 Community Engagement Councils (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comment) (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Discussion of Pupil Transportation Equipment Bids (Larry Drawdy) Backup Material
- Report on Personnel Actions (Cassandra Moore) Backup Material
- Consideration of Executive Session
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