March 20 2025 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
March 20, 2025
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 February 20, 2025 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. Action: Approval and renewal of Districts and Schools of Innovation for 2025- 2026 [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
2. 02. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Monique Corley) Back-up material
   1. 02.A. Action: Multi-year contract with East Mississippi Center for Education Development to serve as fiscal agent for Career and Technical Education Office of Workforce Development and Future Farmers of America [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Ferrell) Back-up material

3. 03. 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 one 2024-2025 certified personnel contract adjustment for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval to modify the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind school calendar for 2024-2025 due to the date change for graduation (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. E. [PULLED] Back-up material
   6. F. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise the Mississippi Early Learning Guidelines for Classrooms Serving Three- and Four-Year-Old Children (2025) (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) for Districts assigned a PROBATION or WITHDRAWN status in accordance with Accreditation Policy 2.8.1(Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval to revise selected Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks in Career and Technical Education
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (John Ferrell) Back-up material
      1. 1. Business Marketing, and Finance Back-up material
      2. 2. Carpentry Back-up material
      3. 3. Contemporary Health Back-up material
      4. 4. Culinary Arts Back-up material
      5. 5. Cyber Foundations I Back-up material
      6. 6. Cyber Foundations II Back-up material
      7. 7. Exploring Careers Back-up material
      8. 8. Exploring Computer Science Back-up material
      9. 9. Family and Consumer Science Back-up material
      10. 10. Fire Science Back-up material
      11. 11. Forestry Back-up material
      12. 12. Horticulture Back-up material
      13. 13. Information Technology Core Back-up material
      14. 14. Interactive Media Technology (formerly Simulation and Animation Design) Back-up material
      15. 15. Meat Science and Muscle Biology (Formerly Food Products) Back-up material
      16. 16.Welding Back-up material

   9. I. Approval to establish selected Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks in Career and Technical Education
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (John Ferrell) Back-up material
      1. 1. Introduction to Drone Technology Back-up material
      2. 2. Multimedia—Digital Audio Production Back-up material
      3. 3. Multimedia—Sports Journalism and Broadcasting Back-up material

   10. J. Approval for the Achievement School District to sell the old Yazoo City Jr. High School Building (John Ferrell) Back-up material
   11. K. Approval to readopt the 2016 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   12. L. Approval of 2025-2026 certified personnel contracts for the Mississippi School of the Arts and the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   13. M. Approval of temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Mississippi Admin. Code 7-3: 24. State Board Policy Chapter 24, Rule 24.1 – Contracts, Teachers (Erin Meyer) 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

1. 01. Action: Discussion of the RFPs submitted for the possible relocation of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) (Lance Evans) Back-up material

XIV.      Adjournment

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