March 28, 2019 Board Agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
 March 28, 2019
10:00 a.m.
4th Floor Boardroom
Central High School Building
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 February 21, 2019 Board Meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

            AP District Honor Roll
            Pass Christian School District
 
            2019 March Employee of the Month
            Chiquita Nichols
            Operations Management Analyst Principal
            Office of Child Nutrition
           
VI.        Report of State Superintendent of Education

VII.       Report of Chair

VIII.      Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee Meetings

IX.        Discussion and/or Approval of Board Items (All action items require vote)

1. 01. Information:  Report of The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act Transition Plan [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material
2. 02. Information:  Updates on the Districts of Transformation [Goal 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Washington Cole) Back-up material
    
   1. 02.A. Leflore County School District Back-up material
   2. 02.B. Noxubee County School District Back-up material
   3. 02.C. Tunica County School District Back-up material

3. 03. Action:  Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process:  To revise the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System effective for school year 2018-2019 and thereafter [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
4. 04. Action:  Approval of the Mississippi Department of Education contracts [Goals 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 04.A. Action:  Monthly contracts with former State Employees receiving retirement benefits [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   2. 04.B. Action:  Contract with Mississippi State Department of Health to provide health inspections for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program for the FY2020 [Goal 1 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   3. 04.C. Action:  Contract with Interim Superintendent for Tunica County School District [Goals 4 and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Washington Cole) Back-up material
   4. 04.D. Action:  Modify contract with Guidesoft, Inc., d/b/a Knowledge Services under the terms of the Master Consulting Services Agreement to provide for the acquisition of Information Technology Consulting Services [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Kraman) Back-up material
   5. 04.E. Action:  Renew contract with Michael D. Kent for 2019-2020 to perform the administrative duties for the Mississippi Superintendents Academy and consolidation [Goals 4 and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material
   6. 04.F. Action:  Contract with North Mississippi Education Consortium to coordinate and facilitate regional training sessions and procure related services for Mississippi Department of Education for 20192020 [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material

5. 05. Information:  Update on the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card Website [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan] (John Karman) Back-up material
6. 06. Action:  Approval of District of Innovation for 2019-2020 [Goal 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material
7. 07. Action:  Approval of the methodology to award grants to three (3) Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to establish teacher residency programs in Mississippi [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
8. 08. Information:  Annual School Board Meeting Attendance Report in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-13 [Goal 5 – MBE Strategic Plan](Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
9. 09. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote) Back-up material
    
   1. A. Approval to establish the Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Construction Core, Electrical, Carpentry, Welding, and STEM Applications (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material
   2. B. Approval to establish the Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Instrumentation Technology (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Nathan Oakley) Back-up material
   3. C. Approval of the appointments to the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) for Districts assigned a PROBATION or WITHDRAWN status in accordance with Accreditation Policy 2.8.1 (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process:  To revise State Board Policy Part 3, Chapter 10, Rule 10.1 – Audit, State Department of Education Resolution Process (Sonya Amis) Back-up material

X.       Consideration of Executive Session

XI.      State Board of Education

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

XII.     Other Business

XIII.     Adjournment

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