December 15 2022 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
December 15, 2022
10:00 a.m.
Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA)
380 Zurich Drive
Ridgeland, Mississippi

Agenda

I.          Call to Order

II.         Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

III.        Approval of minutes of November 10, 2022 Board Meeting and minutes of the Special-Called Board Meeting of November 21, 2022

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

             2023 National Elementary and Secondary Education Act Distinguished
Schools
D ’Iberville Elementary School
Harrison County School District

Pearl Lower Elementary School
Pearl Public 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. Information: Progress on the Mississippi State Board of Education’s (SBE) Strategic Plan [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Kim Benton) Back-up material

• • 1. 02. Action: Approval to revise the 2022 Mississippi College- and Career- Readiness Standards for Social Studies [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan]
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with public comments) (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

• • 1. 03. Information: Update on the Community Engagement Council (CEC), formerly referred to as P16 Community Engagement Council, revised guidance for school and district implementation [Goal 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

• • 1. 04. Action: Approval of the MDE contracts [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
       • • 1. 04.A. Action: Contract with Reading and Language Arts Center, Inc. D.B.A. Brainspring to provide professional development training system based on the Orton Gillingham reading methodology [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Marla Davis) Back-up material

        

       • • 1. 04.B. Action: Award the ITS contract to Cybersoft Technologies, Inc. for the implementation, operation, and maintenance of the Child Nutrition USDA Donated Foods Distribution Program [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material

        

    2. 05. Action: Approval of new Districts and Schools of Innovation for 2022-2023 [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

• • 1. 06. Action: Approval of the 2022 Annual Educator Preparation Provider Teacher Preparation Performance Report [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

• 1. 07. 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 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. D. Approval of Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy proficiency assessments and vendors for use in determining student levels of bilingual language proficiency (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. E. Approval of nonpublic school accreditation statuses for School Year 2022-2023 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. F. Approval 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
            (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with/without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. G. Approval 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
            (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process with/without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. H. Approval of educator preparation programs as recommended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. I. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 4: Part 4: Licensure Guidelines K-12 and State Board of Education Policy Rule 71.2, to ensure consistency regarding certain criteria found therein required for the licensing of School Business Administrators (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. J. Approval of final calculation of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program Base Student Cost for Fiscal Year 2024 (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material

      

     • • 1. K. Approval of final calculation of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for Fiscal Year 2024 (Felicia Gavin) 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 to change the date of the regularly scheduled March 2023 meeting of the Mississippi Board of Education from March 16, 2023 to March 09, 2023

• • 1. 02. Action: Approval to move the location of the State Board of Education meetings from Central High School Building, 359 North West Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201, Fourth floor boardroom to the Madison County School District Boardroom, 476 Highland Parkway, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 for the meetings scheduled January 19, 2023, February 16, 2023, and March 09, 2023

XIV.     Adjournment

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