December 19 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
December 19, 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 November 7, 2024 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony
             2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools for Mississippi
             Magnolia Park Elementary School
             Oceans Springs School District

             Mannsdale Upper Elementary
             Madison County School District

             Ripley High School
             South Tippah School District

             Stone Elementary School
             Stone County School District

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. Action: Approval of temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-191: MS Early Learning Guidelines for Classrooms Serving Three- and Four-Year Old Children to amend criteria regarding the Rate of Readiness Determination to hold harmless grant programs if a program does not meet a successful score and is placed on probation for the 2025 – 2026 academic year [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
2. 02. Information: Educator Workforce Development Update [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
3. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. 03.A. Action: Contract with DELL Marketing, L.P. to provide for Microsoft Premier and Unified Support Services [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material

4. 04. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. 04.A. Action: Award Title IV, Part B Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program under the Every Student Success Act (ESSA) supplemental grant funds [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material

5. 05. 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 certified personnel for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. 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
   5. E. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process: To revise the title of twelve (12) endorsement areas; to change the title “Vocational” to Career and Technical Education (CTE) throughout the CTE Licensure Guidelines Document; to add “approval by CTE statements” to endorsement areas that are no longer being issued; to add the veteran teacher experience statement to Career Pathway: Software Development CTE endorsement area; to add additional occupational experience options to two (2) CTE endorsement areas; and to remove the approved courses from all CTE endorsements throughout the CTE Guidelines Document (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval of Delta State University’s request to delete its approved traditional teacher education preparation licensure-track Bachelor of Science programs in English Education 7-12 (119), Mathematics Education 7-12 (154), Music Education K-12 Instrumental (165), Music Education K-12 Vocal (166), Physical Education K-12 (144), and Social Studies 7-12 (192) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval of Delta State University’s request to establish a traditional teacher education preparation Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education program leading to licensure in two (2) areas, with the major emphasis area including English 7-12 (119), Mathematics 7-12 (154), Music Education K-12 Instrumental (165), Music Education K-12 Vocal (166), Physical Education K-12 (144), Social Studies 7-12 (192), and Biology 7-12 (181) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval of nonpublic school accreditation statuses for School Year 2024-2025 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   9. I. Approval of final calculation of the Mississippi Student Funding Formula for Fiscal Year 2026 (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   10. J. Approval of final calculation of the Mississippi Student Funding Formula Base Student Cost for Fiscal Year 2026 (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   11. K. Approval of textbooks as recommended by the 2024 State Textbook Rating Committee for adoption in the areas of Art (K-12), Career Technical Education (9-12), Math (K-12), and Social Studies (K-12) Fiscal Year 2025 (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   12. L. Approval of a temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 240: Minimum Bus Specifications by amending certain existing criteria and establishing new criteria for minimum bus specifications for the sale of new buses effective July 1, 2025 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   13. M. Information: Report on action of the Commission on School Accreditation concerning the assignment of district accreditation statuses (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   14. N. Information: 2024 Annual Educator Preparation Provider Teacher Preparation Performance Report in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-101-29 (Paula Vanderford) 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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