January 19 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
January 19, 2023
10:00 a.m.
Madison County School District
Boardroom
476 Highland Parkway
Ridgeland, Mississippi

Agenda

I.          Call to Order

II.         Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

III.        Approval of minutes of December 15, 2022 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. Information: Educator Workforce Development Update [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
2. Information: Mississippi Educator Career Continuum Archive (MECCA) System Update [Goals 4 and 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
3. Information: Report of the 2023 graduation rates for the state, district, and school levels [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
4. Information: Overview of the Mathematics Professional Development and Instructional Coaching Services [Goals 1, 2, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Marla Davis) Back-up material
5. Action: Approval of the MDE contracts [Goals 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. 1. 05.A. Action: Multi-year contract with Catapult Learning, LLC to provide mathematics professional development and instructional coaching services [Goals 1, 2, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Marla Davis) Back-up material
   1. 1. 05.B. Action: Renew contract with Mythics, Inc. to provide Oracle Licensing Support [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material

1. 06. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote, unless otherwise noted.) Back-up material
   1. 1. A. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   1. 1. B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons) Back-up material
   1. 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. 1. D. Approval of an appointment to the Commission of School Accreditation (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   1. 1. E. Approval 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 licensing of School Business Administrators
         (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   1. 1. F. Approval of a temporary rule and to begin the Administration Procedures Act process: To establish Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: 78.11, State Board Policy Chapter 78, Rule 78:11: Guidelines for Mississippi’s Implementation of the Locally Selected Nationally Recognized, High School Assessment Provision of ESSA (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   1. 1. G. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To amend Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 1 – Accountability, Rules 1.1 – 1.3 (Sonya Amis) Back-up material
   1. 1. H. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To amend Miss. Admin. Code 7-2: Chapter 2 – Organization of the State Board, Rule 2.3 – Student Representatives of the Mississippi State Board of Education (Sonya Amis) Back-up material
   1. 1. I. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To amend Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 10 – Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution, Rule 10.1 – Subrecipient Single Audit Resolution (Sonya Amis) Back-up material
   1. 1. J. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To amend Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 12 – Board of Education Operations, Rules 12.1 – Rule 12.10 (Erin Meyer) Back-up material

XI.         Consideration of Executive Session

XII.        State Board of Education

1. Report on meetings attended
2. Approval of attendance at meetings

XIII.      Other Business

XIV.     Adjournment

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