November 17 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
November 7, 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 October 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: Spring 2024 Act Results [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
2. 02. Information: Report on Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) achievement gap results by subgroup [Goals 1, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
3. 03. Action: Approval of the recommended cut scores on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment for minimum readiness for kindergarten effective 2024-2025 school year [Goals 1 and 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] Back-up material
4. 04. Action: Approval of the MDE Contracts [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 04.A. Action: Contract with Cambium Assessment, Inc. for Fiscal Year 2025 to administer an English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   2. 04.B. Action: Modify contract with Forvis dba Forvis Mazars, LLP to provide accounting services to monitor ESSER programs [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) 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 to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Textbook and Instructional Materials Administration Handbook: Rules and Regulations for the Adoption, Distribution, Care and Use of Textbooks and Instructional Materials in Mississippi in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-43-1 and Miss. Code Ann. § 37-43-19 (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval of the methodology to award Title IV, Part B Nita M. Lowey 21^st Century Community Learning Centers Program under the Every Student Success Act (ESSA) supplement grant funds (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval to revise methodology to award grants to school districts, public institutions of higher learning, community colleges, and state agencies to participate in a Mississippi Department of Education Educators-in-Residence program (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval of revised methodology to award grant dollars in support of local improvement efforts for Title I section 1003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (John Ferrell) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval to contract with Swift Recreation to construct a fully accessible and inclusive playground for students at the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) 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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