July 17 2025 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
July 17, 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 June 19, 2025 Special-Called Board Meeting-Budget Work Session, minutes of June 19, 2025 Board Meeting, and minutes of Special-Called Board meeting on June 18, 2024 – Student Representative Interviews and Board Work Session

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

               Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) 2025 State-Level Finalists

               Mathematics State-Level Finalists
            Alison Alexander
            Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

            Virginia Cornelius
            Lafayette High School
            Lafayette County School District

            Laurel Yates
            Northwest Rankin High School
            Rankin County School District

               Science State-Level Finalists
            Angela Lee
            Bayou View Middle School
            Gulfport School District

            Tammie Marlow
            Cleveland Central Middle School
            Cleveland School District

            Anamaria Moore
            Vardaman Attendance Center
            Calhoun 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 Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Kym Wiggins) Back-up material
2. 02. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Kym Wiggins) Back-up material
   1. 02.A. Action: Contract with nSide, Inc. for a continued service subscription of a web-based solution for public school districts for the consistent development and implementation for all components of the Mississippi Department Crisis Management Plan and Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-83 [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

3. 03. Action: Approval of the FY26 budget for the Mississippi School of the Arts and approval of the FY26 budget for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
4. 04. Action: Approval of the 2025-2026 Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science and the Mississippi University for Women Memorandum of Agreement (Wendy Clemons) 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 (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   2. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   3. C. Approval of certified personnel for the Mississippi School of the Arts and Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval of the 2025-2026 Crisis Management Plans for the State Schools (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
      1. 1. Mississippi School of the Arts
      2. 2. Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
      3. 3. Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

   5. E. [PULLED] Back-up material
   6. F. [PULLED] Back-up material
   7. G. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To adopt the Grant Funded Program Quality Assessment for Classrooms Serving Four-Year-Old Children (2025) (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   8. H. 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) (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   9. I. Approval of temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise State Board Policy Chapter 36, Rule 36.5 – Additional Assessment Options for Meeting End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment Requirements (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   10. J. [PULLED] Back-up material
   11. K. Approval of the Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998: Designation of 2025-2026 Critical Shortage Subject Areas and Critical Shortage Geographical Areas (Mississippi School Districts) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   12. L. Approval of preliminary calculation of the Mississippi Student Funding Formula Base Student Cost for Fiscal Year 2027 (Kym Wiggins) Back-up material
   13. M. Approval of preliminary calculation of the Mississippi Student Funding Formula for Fiscal Year 2027 (Kym Wiggins) Back-up material
   14. N. Approval of methodology to award grants to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to expand a teacher residency program in critical shortage areas in Mississippi (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   15. O. Approval to revise Mississippi Administrative Code 7-3: 24. State Board Policy Chapter 24, Rule 24.1 and 24.2 – Contracts, Teachers
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Kym Wiggins) Back-up material
   16. P. Approval of temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To approve the Bridge to Career Curriculum Framework as an additional option for meeting End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment Requirements in accordance with State Board Policy Chapter 36, Rule 36.5 – Additional Assessment Options for Meeting EOC Requirements (Wendy Clemons) 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
3. 3.  Election of Chair and Vice-Chair

XIII.      Other Business

1. 01. Action: Approval to change the regularly scheduled State Board of Education meeting date from Thursday, September 18, 2025 to Thursday, September 25, 2025 Back-up material

XIV.      Adjournment

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