June 20 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
June 20, 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 May 16, 2024 Board meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

             Literacy Coach Academy of Mississippi Graduates (Cohort 1)
           Kimberly Bailey – Meridian Public School District

           Bernita Barnes – Jackson Public Schools

           Kristin Gilmer – Lamar County School District

           Leslie Holloway – Pearl Public School District

           Leigh Jackson – Brookhaven School District

           Marlene Jackson – Laurel School District

           Brittany Lyles – Jefferson County School District

           Alison Pace – Pass Christian Public School District

           Rachel Powell – Brookhaven School District

           Stacie Russell – North Tippah School District

           Tia Thompson – Meridian Public School District

           Deja Townsend – Columbus Municipal School District

           Kristin Walters – Laurel 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. Action: Initiate the process to reconstitute Tunica County School District that is a District of Transformation and approve the resolution from the State Board of Education by finding that satisfactory corrective action has taken place and by requesting that the Governor declare that the emergency no longer exists in the district [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Michael D. Kent) Back-up material




2. Action: Approval of the MDE Contracts [Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. A. Action: Multi-year contract with Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium to serve as fiscal agent for Career and Technical Education Office of Student Organizations [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. B. Action: Contract with National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc. (NCIEA) to provide the MDE with expertise in the purpose of facilitating and managing the Mississippi Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) [Goals 1, 2, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   3. C. Action: Renew contract with selected vendors for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Mississippi Recipes for Success Coordinator(s) (MRS) [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

3. Action: Approval of the MDE grant award [Goals 2, 3, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. A. Action: Award a competitive grant to the Institutions for Higher Learning (IHL) to participate in a Mississippi Department of Education Educator-in-Residence program [Goals 2, 4, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. B. Action: Award grants to local school districts to support high-quality early childhood programs under the Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five (PDG-B5) [Goal 3 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material

4. 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 and (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   3. C. Approval of certified personnel for 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 American Sentry Services to provide security services for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval of the 2024-2025 Mississippi School of the Arts and Brookhaven School District Memorandum of Agreement (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval of the Engagement Letter between the Mississippi School of the Arts and the Lowery, Payn, and Leggett Accounting Firm for audit services (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: 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 (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval to revise Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendix F, Requirements of the Mississippi Statewide Assessment System – Standard 16
      (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   9. I. Approval to award formula grants to school districts for the purpose of providing reimbursement for K-3 universal screening assessments (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   10. J. Approval of Statewide Purchasing Program’s FY24 Financial Statement and FY25 fee structure (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   11. K. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School l Accountability Standards, 2023 specifically the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System, Section 4, Participation Rates, Section 6,Growth, Section 9, Acceleration, Section 10, Banking Scores: End-of-course ,subject area assessments taken before 10th grade, Section 11, Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools (CSI), Section 12, Targeted Support and Improvement Schools (TSI), Section 13, Additional Targeted Support and Improvement Schools (ATSI) and Section 22, Schools without Tested Subjects or Grades
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process with one public comment) (Paula Vanderford) 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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