Thursday, April 08, 2010

The Kentucky Board of Education To Meet

The Kentucky Board of Education will meet Tuesday, April 13, in the State Board Room on the first floor of the Capital Plaza Tower in Frankfort.

The board’s Audit/Budget Committee will meet at 8 a.m. The board will meet in full session at 8:45 a.m. The board’s Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee and Management Committee will meet in the afternoon. The full board will reconvene after the committee meetings.

The board also will review an appeal from the Corbin Independent Board of Education and a cross-appeal from the Knox County Board of Education, both related to a dispute of a nonresident student agreement between the districts. That review will begin at 5 p.m.

Agenda items include consideration of extending the state testing window for public schools, an expansion of the AdvanceKY program and updates on the Core Academic Standards and work around 2009’s Senate Bill 1.

A full agenda follows. See supporting materials for the meeting here.


KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
APRIL 13, 2010
STATE BOARD ROOM
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
COMMITTEE MEETING
STATE BOARD ROOM
8 a.m. (EDT)

I. KBE Audit/Budget Committee
A. Review Items
1. 2010-2012 Biennial Budget Process Update for the KBE Audit Committee


BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
8:45 a.m. (EDT)

II. Call to Order
III. Roll Call
IV. Approval of minutes from the February 10, 2010, regular meeting and the February 10, 2010 KBE, CPE and EPSB Joint Meeting
V. Introduction of new KDE employees and KDE Team Members of the Month by the Commissioner of Education
VI. Report of the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (Questions on written report)
VII. Report of the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education (Questions on written report)
VIII. Report of the Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards Board (Questions on written report)
IX. Report of the Commissioner of Education (Questions on written report)
X. Good News Items
XI. Public Comment Segment (To speak, complete sign-up sheet prior to start of meeting; limit is three minutes per speaker with maximum of 30 minutes total for this segment.)
XII. Full Board Items
A. Standards and assessment
1. Consideration of Extend the Testing Window for Spring 2010 – Commissioner Terry Holliday, Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson and Associate Commissioner Ken Draut; 15-minute presentation/discussion
2. 2010 Elementary and secondary legislation – Deputy Commissioner Ruth Webb and Legislative Liaison Frank Rasche; 15-minute presentation/discussion
3. Update on 704 KAR 3:303, Required Core Academic Standards - Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson and Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith; 15-minute presentation/discussion
4. 704 KAR 3:540, Uniform Academic Course Codes (Final) – Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson and Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith; 15-minute presentation/discussion
B. General items
1. Partnership for 21st Century Skills– Deputy Commissioner Ruth Webb and Ken Kay, Partnership for 21st Century Skills; 45-minute presentation/15-minute discussion
2. Hearing Officer’s Report – General Counsel Kevin Brown; 10-minute presentation/discussion
a. Report on status of regulations
b. Consideration of the removal of a local board member


RECOGNITION OF BOARD MEMBERS’ SERVICE
STATE BOARD ROOM
11:50 a.m. (EDT)

LUNCH
FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
12 noon (EDT)


BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
12:45 p.m. (EDT)


XII. Full Board Items (Cont’d)
A. General items (Cont’d)
3. Expansion of Schools Participating in AdvanceKY – Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson; Joanne Lang, Executive Director of AdvanceKY; John Winn, Chief Program Officer, National Math and Science Initiative; Dale Fleury, Regional Director, National Math and Science Initiative; and Kris Kimel, President, Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation; 20-minute presentation/10-minute discussion
4. P20 Innovation Labs and Partnership for Next Generation Learning – Deputy Commissioner Ruth Webb; Dean of Education Mary John O’Hair, University of Kentucky; and Linda Pittenger, Associate of the Council of Chief State School Officers; 45-minute presentation/15-minute discussion
5. Unified College and Career Readiness Plan – Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson and Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith; 20-minute presentation/discussion
6. Senate Bill 1 (2009) Update – Deputy Commissioner Larry Stinson, Associate Commissioner Ken Draut and Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith; 10-minute presentation/discussion


COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STATE BOARD ROOM

XIII. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Item
1. Appointments to the State Textbook Commission
B. Action/Discussion Item
1 Request for waiver of 704 KAR 3:345, Evaluation Guidelines, for evaluation pilot districts during 2010-2011
XIV. Management Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. District Facility Plans: Green, Hart and Logan County School Districts
2. District Facility Plan Amendments: Clay County and Cloverport Independent School Districts
3. 2009-10 Local District Working Budgets
B. Action/Discussion Items
1. 2009 Report, 2009 Exceptions, and 2010 Plan for 702 KAR 1:115, Annual In-Service Training of district board members
2. 702 KAR 3:246, School council allocation formula; KETS District Administrative System Chart of Accounts (Final)
C. Review Items
1. 702 KAR 5:110, Vocational Pupils, reimbursement for


BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
XV. Approval of Action/Consent Agenda Items (approved as a block of items)
A. District facility plans
B. District facility plan amendments
C. Local district working budgets
D. Appointment of Textbook Commission Members
XVI. Report of the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee on Action/Discussion Items
XVII. Report of the Management Committee on Action/Discussion Items
XVIII. Board Member Sharing
XIX. Information Items (Questions only)
A. KDE Employment Report
XX. Internal Board Business
XXI. Litigation Report


APPEAL REVIEW
STATE BOARD ROOM
5 p.m. (EDT) (Approximate start time)
XXII. Corbin Independent Board of Education Appeal and Knox County Board of Education Cross-Appeal Regarding the Dispute of the Nonresident Student Agreement between the Districts Pursuant to KRS 157.350 (4)
A. Overview of nonresident student appeal process – Chair Joe Brothers and Kevin C. Brown, General Counsel (5 minutes)
B. Oral presentations by each district board of education’s representative (30 minutes total; 15 minutes per district board of education’s representative)
C. Question and answer period for Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) members (20 minutes)
D. Deliberation by the KBE (30 minutes)
E. Consideration of motion to approve or amend the Commissioner’s decision pursuant to KRS 157.350 (4)(d)
XXIII. Adjournment

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