November 10, 2022 Board Agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
November 10, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Madison County School District
Boardroom
476 Highland Parkway
Ridgeland, MS 39157

Agenda

I.          Call to Order

II.         Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

III.        Approval of minutes of October 27, 2022 Board Meeting and minutes of the Special-Called Board Meetings of November 3, 2022, November 8, 2022, and November 9, 2022

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: MSIS Modernization Progress Report (John Kraman) Back-up material

• • 1. 02. Action: Approval of a new five-member advisory board for the administration of the Tunica County School District [Goal 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Mike Kent) Back-up material

• 1. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE contracts [Goals 1, 2, 3, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
     • • 1. 03.A. Action: Action: Award Contract to PATH Company for the Operation and Management of the Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program [Goals 2 and 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. 03.B. Action: Renew contract with TransACT Communications, LLC to provide parent notifications [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

  2. 04. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
     • • 1. 04.A. Action: Award competitive grants for the State Invested Pre-Kindergarten Program [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Marla Davis) Back-up material

      

  3. 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 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. C. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 4: Part 4: Licensure Guidelines K-12 to repeal the existing version of the Special, Non-renewable License for Adjunct Teachers and replace it with the proposed Special License, Adjunct Teacher Licensure pathway (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. D. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 3: 14.6, State Board Policy Chapter 14, Rule 14.6 et al., related to Licensure Commission, Discipline Procedures, Hearings and Appeals(Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. E. 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 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. F. Approval of contract with American Sentry Services to provide security services for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. G. Information: Report on action of the Commission on School Accreditation concerning the assignment of district accreditation statuses (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

XI.         Consideration of Executive Session

XII.        State Board of Education

• • 1. 1.  Report on meetings attended

• • 1. 2.  Approval of attendance at meetings

XIII.      Other Business

• • 1. 01. Action: Approval of a special-called board meeting on Monday, November 21, 2022 at Butler Snow Building – Mississippi Room Renaissance at Colony Park, 1020 Highland Colony Parkway #1400, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 starting at 10:00 a.m.

XIV.     Adjournment

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