August 15 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
August 15, 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 July 18, 2024 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

            Cason Brinkley
            Cleveland School District Student

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: 2023-2024 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) Results [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
2. 02. Action: Approval of the MDE Contracts [Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 02.A. Action: Renew contract with TransACT Communications, LLC dba AfterSchool21 to provide Mississippi’s Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) data collection and reporting requirements [Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. 02.B. Action: Modify the emergency contract with Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) for Fiscal Year 2025 to administer the English Language Arts and Mathematics in Grades 3-8, End-of-Course (EOC) in Algebra I, and English II as part of the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, (MAAP) and to also include Science in Grades 5 and 8, EOC Biology, and EOC US History [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

3. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE grant awards [Goals 1, 2, 3, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 03.A. Action: Award competitive grants for the State Invested Pre-K Cohort III Grant Program [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. 03.B. Action: Modify the Early Learning Collaborative grants to support pre-kindergarten programs with increased funding to serve additional children [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   3. 03.C. Action: Award grants for special projects appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature to the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) with a World Class Teacher Program (WCTP) site in House Bill 1823, 2024 Legislative Session [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   4. 03.D. Action: Modify grant for the ESSER Migrant Program [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. 03.E. Action: Award grant for a special project appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature and identified as the Mary Kirkpatrick-Haskell, Mary Sprayberry School Nurse Program in House Bill 1511, 2017 Legislative Session [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

4. 04. 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, the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval of contract with Castleworks, LLC to provide a new Security Camera system for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval of textbook titles as recommended by the 2023 State Textbook Rating Committee for adoption in the area of Math (Pre-Kindergarten) – Fiscal Year 2025 (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval to revise methodology to renew Title IV, Part B 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to subgrantee (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval to revise the Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks for College and Career Readiness (CCR), Freshman Seminar Early College High School (ECHS), Sophomore Seminar ECHS, Junior Seminar ECHS, and Senior Seminar ECHS
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with no public comments) (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 3: State Board Policy Chapter 14, Rule 14.6, to establish Rule 14.6.2(4) and amend Rule 14.6.3(10) related to Disciplinary Process Policy
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process with no public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   9. I. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To establish one (1) new Career Pathway in the endorsement area of Unmanned Aircraft Systems; and to revise endorsement 506 Special Populations Personnel (postsecondary only) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   10. J. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 107: Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines by amending certain existing criteria and establishing new criteria for federal reporting, onboarding new providers, closing providers, and deleting programs (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

1. 01. Action: Approval to change the regularly scheduled State Board of Education meeting date from Thursday, September 26, 2024 to Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Back-up material

XIV.      Adjournment

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