February 15 board agenda

Mississippi Board of Education
February 15, 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 January 18, 2024 Board meeting

IV.        Approval of Agenda

V.         Recognition Ceremony

National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished School

Category 1 – Exceptional student performance for two consecutive years
Prentiss County School District
New Site High School
Kenny Sparks, Principal

Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement
Rankin County School District
Cadet Lincoln Jones
Florence High School

Cadet Katelyn Hulsey
Northwest Rankin High School
Cadet Ethan Young
Brandon High School

Hattiesburg School District
Cadet Mohamed Akweiri
Hattiesburg High School

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. Action: Revise the Mississippi Perkins V State Plan to include a budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and State Determined Performance Levels (SDPLs) for FY 2024 [Goals 1 and 2 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material




2. 02. Information: Educator Workforce Development Update [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material




3. 03. Action: Approval of the MDE Contract [Goals 4 and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Felicia Gavin) Back-up material
    
   1. 03.A. Action: Renew contract with Michael D. Kent for Fiscal Year 2025 to perform the administrative duties for the Office of Academic Education, work with school districts to consolidate, work with districts in Districts of Transformation, work as liaison with superintendent of the Mississippi Achievement School District, mentor existing and potential future school district superintendents and principals in Mississippi, and special assignments [Goals 4 and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Donna Boone) Back-up material
4. 04. Information: Update on the January 25, 2024 Accountability Task Force Meeting [Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material




5. 05. Action: Establish iteach Mississippi as an approved Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) to offer a nontraditional pathway to teacher licensure and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7 – 4: Part 4: Licensure Guidelines K-12, to include requirements for teacher licensure specific to prospective iteach Mississippi program completers [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material




6. 06. 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 methodology to award discretionary grants to Early Learning Collaboratives and State Invested Pre-K programs for the purpose of providing reimbursement for approved curriculum teacher guides and trade books to support Mississippi Beginnings: Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   4. D. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise selected Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks in Career and Technical Education (Donna Boone) Back-up material
       
      1. 1. Agriculture Power and Machinery Back-up material
      2. 2. Construction Core Back-up material
      3. 3. Cosmetology Back-up material
      4. 4. Electrical Back-up material
      5. 5. Healthcare and Clinical Services Back-up material
      6. 6. Health Science Core Back-up material
      7. 7. Heating, Ventilation, Air, Cooling, and Refrigeration (HVACR) Back-up material
      8. 8. Instrumentation Back-up material
      9. 9. Metal Fabrication Back-up material
      10. 10. Precision Machining Back-up material
      11. 11. Sports Medicine and Therapeutic Services Back-up material
   5. E. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To establish selected Mississippi Secondary Curriculum Frameworks in Career and Technical Education (Donna Boone) Back-up material
       
      1. 1. Emergency Medical Services Back-up material
      2. 2. Energy Technology II Back-up material
      3. 3. Multimedia Core Back-up material
      4. 4. Multimedia—Advanced Broadcast and Production Back-up material
      5. 5. Multimedia—Broadcast Foundations Back-up material
      6. 6. Multimedia—Digital Design Back-up material
      7. 7. Multimedia—Digital Video Production Back-up material
      8. 8. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Back-up material
   6. F. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 28, Rule 28.5 – Credit Recovery Policy (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   7. G. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, glossary and to establish Appendix A-13 and Miss. Admin. Code 7-163: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, glossary, and establish Appendix A-13 (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   8. H. 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

   
   

   9. I. Approval of textbook titles as recommended by the 2023 State Textbook Rating Committee for adoption in the areas of Business Technology Academic (9-12), Career Technology Education (9-12), Computer Science (K-6), Cursive Handwriting (2-5), Math (Pre-K), and World Language (7-12) – Fiscal Year 2025. (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   10. J. Approval to revise Miss. Code 7-4: Part 4: Licensure Guidelines K-12 to outline provisions for the teaching commitment within the Resident Teacher License
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act Process without public comments) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

   
   

   11. K. [PULLED] Back-up material

   
   

   12. L. 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

   
   

   13. M. Approval of the methodology to modify the W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant award for Delta State University (DSU) to allow additional high-need districts within the region to participate in the Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) (Paula Vanderford) Back-up material

   
   

   14. N. Approval to revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: Chapter 1 – Accountability, Rule 1.3 – Bureaus of Internal Audit and Program Evaluation
       (Has cleared the Administrative Procedures Act process without public comments) (Sonya Amis) Back-up material

   
   

   15. O. Approval of methodology to award grant dollars to school districts in support of the implementation of dyslexia programs (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   16. P. 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 (Donna Boone) Back-up material

   
   

   17. Q. Information: Annual School Board Meeting Attendance Report in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-13 (Paula Vanderford) 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

XIII.      Other Business

XIV.      Adjournment

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