May 16 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
May 16, 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 April 18, 2024 Board meeting and minutes of Special-Called Teleconference Board meeting on May 1, 2024

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

2024 Mississippi Rural Teacher of the Year
Todd Willis
Tate County 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: Spring 2024 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) 3rd Grade Initial Reading Summative Assessment Results [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
2. 02. Action: Approval of the MDE Contracts [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
   1. 02.A. Action: Contract with Gay, Jones, and Kuhn PLLC to provide supplementary legal counsel and policy and guidelines support to the Office of Special Education relative to the enforcement of and compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   2. 02.B. Action: Contract with Mississippi Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) to provide a variety of education-related services allowable under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) Program to participating non-public schools [Goals 1, 2, and 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   3. 02.C. Action: Renew the contract with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) for Fiscal Year 2025 to administer the English Language Arts and Mathematics in grades 3-8, Science Grades 5 & 8; and High School Algebra 1, English Il, and Biology 1 as part of the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program – Alternate, (MAAP-A) for students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (SCD) [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   4. 02.D. Action: Renew the contract with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) for Fiscal Year 2025 to administer the English Language Arts and Mathematics in Grades 3-8, End-of-Course (EOC) in Algebra I, English II, and options for Geometry and Algebra II as part of the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, (MAAP) [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   5. 02.E. Action: Award Contract to Tann, Brown, and Russ Co., PLLC for Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), or its replacement or equivalent, calculations for Fiscal Years 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 and the Recalculation of Base Student Cost as outlined in law [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material

3. 03. 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 the 2024-2025 Student Handbook for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   4. D. Approval of the 2024-2025 Employee Handbook for the Mississippi School of the Arts for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   5. E. Approval of industry certifications that will calculate in the Acceleration component of the Accountability Model for the 2024-2025 School Year (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval of the methodology to allocate Positive Behavior Specialist (PBS) funds to local educational agencies (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   7. G. Approval of contract with Aladdin Food Management Services, LLC to provide food services to the students and staff at the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Donna Boone) Back-up material
   8. H. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act Process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 3: State Board Policy Chapter 14, Rule 14.6, to establish Rule 14.6.2(4) and 14.6.2(5) and amend Rule 14.6.3(10) related to Disciplinary Process Policy (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material
   9. I. Approval of formula grants to school districts for the purpose of providing reimbursement for the Textbook Inventory Management System (TIMS) (Donna Boone) 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
3. 3.  Approval of meeting dates for Fiscal Year 2025 Back-up material

XIII.      Other Business

XIV.      Adjournment

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