Thursday, December 02, 2010

Kentucky Board of Education to Meet

The Kentucky Board of Education will meet Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, in the State Board Room on the first floor of the Capital Plaza Tower in Frankfort.

On Tuesday, the board will participate in a study session related to Kentucky’s new accountability model for the state’s public schools. The session will begin at 2 p.m. ET and is set to end at 6 p.m. ET.

On Wednesday, the board will meet in full session at 9 a.m. ET. The board’s Management Committee and Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee will meet at 1 p.m. ET. The board will reconvene in full session after the committee meetings.

Agenda items include discussion of the process to identify persistently low-achieving schools and information on Program Reviews. The board also will present the Joseph Kelly Award, the Dr. Johnnie Grissom Award and the Kevin M. Noland Award.

Both the study session and the board meeting will be webcast. Information on how to access the webcast will be available Tuesday afternoon on the Kentucky Department of Education’s homepage.

A full agenda follows.

KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
DECEMBER 7-8, 2010

STATE BOARD ROOM
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

STUDY SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
2 p.m. - 6 p.m. (ET)

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Next Generation Learners (Strategic Priority) Study Session
A. Adoption of white paper titled “Goals and Guiding Principles for Accountability in Kentucky’s Public Education System (Action/Discussion Item); Commissioner Terry Holliday and Associate Commissioner Ken Draut; 1-hour presentation/discussion
B. Discussion on preliminary regulatory language for Kentucky’s new accountability model and on remaining accountability issues (Review Item); Associate Commissioner Ken Draut; 3-hour presentation/discussion

RECESS

GROUP DINNER
CAPITAL PLAZA HOTEL – SEMINAR ROOM
7 p.m. (ET)
(No business to be conducted.)

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
9 a.m. (ET)

IV. Approval of minutes from the October 6, 2010, regular meeting
V. Introduction of KDE Team Members of the Month by the Commissioner of Education
VI. Presentation of the Kevin M. Noland Award by KBE Chair David Karem
VII. Report of the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (Questions on written report)
VIII. Report of the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education (Questions on written report)
IX. Report of the Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards Board (Questions on written report)
X. Report of the Commissioner of Education (Questions on written report)
XI. Good News Items
XII. Public Comment Segment (To speak, complete sign-up sheet prior to start of meeting; limit is 3 minutes per speaker with maximum of 30 minutes total for this segment.)
XIII. Full Board Items
A. Next Generation Schools and Districts (Strategic Priority)
1. Discussion of the identification of low-achieving schools and districts in NCLB corrective action and the provisions of KRS 160.346 (2010 Regular Session, HB 176), and the related regulations that affect these schools and districts (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Kevin Brown, Associate Commissioner Larry Stinson and Division Director Debbie Hicks; 45-minute presentation/discussion
B. Next Generation Support Systems (Strategic Priority)
1. Program Review Update (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith; 60-minute presentation/discussion
C. General
1. Hearing Officer’s Report – Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Kevin Brown; 10-minute presentation/discussion

PRESENTATION OF THE DR. JOHNNIE GRISSOM AND
JOSEPH KELLY AWARDS
STATE BOARD ROOM
11:30 a.m. (ET)

LUNCH
FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
12 noon – 1 p.m. (ET)
(Lunch provided for KBE members, invited guests and Commissioner’s Planning Committee members only)

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STATE BOARD ROOM
1 p.m. (ET)

XIV. Management Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. District Facility Plans: Breckinridge County, Carroll County, Scott County, Washington County and Frankfort Independent
2. District Facility Plan Amendment: Taylor County School District
3. 2010-2011 Local District Tax Rates Levied
4. 2010-11 Local District Working Budgets
B. Action/Discussion Items
1. 702 KAR 7:125, Pupil attendance (Final) (KDE Support and Guiding Processes)
2. Waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) for Ft. Thomas Independent Schools
C. Review Items
1. 702 KAR 7:065, Designation of Agent to Manage High School Interscholastic Athletics and Revisions in Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) bylaws
2. Audit Update and Review of the Commissioner’s and Board’s Expenses for the KBE Management Committee
XV. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee Meeting
A. Action/Discussion Item
1. National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Obesity Prevention Project Grant Update
B. Review Items
1. Students with Disabilities: Focus on Closing Achievement Gaps

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM

XVI. Approval of Action/Consent Agenda Items (approved as a block of items)
A. District Facility Plans
B. District Facility Plan Amendments
C. Tax Rates Levied
XVII. Report of the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee on Action/Discussion Items
XVIII. Report of the Management Committee on Action/Discussion Items
XIX. Board Member Sharing
XX. Information Items (Questions only)
A. KDE Employment Report
XXI. Internal Board Business
XXII. Litigation Report
XXIII. Adjournment

TEACHER EVALUATION APPEALS PANEL
FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
UPON ADJOURNMENT OF THE FULL BOARD MEETING

SOURCE: KDE Press release

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