Kentucky Board of Education to Meet

KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Happy Groundhog's Day

STATE BOARD ROOM
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
9:00 a.m. (EST)

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of minutes from the December 7-8, 2010, regular meeting
IV. Introduction of New KDE Employees and KDE Team Members of the Month by the Commissioner of Education
V. Report of the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
VI. Report of the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education
VII. Report of the Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards Board
VIII. Report of the Commissioner of Education (Questions on written report)
IX. Good News Items
X. Public Comment Segment
XI. Full Board Items
A. Next Generation Learners and Next Generation Support Systems (Strategic Priorities)
· 703 KAR 5:200, Next Generation Learners and discussion on remaining accountability issues for Kentucky’s accountability model (Regulation is under separate cover) (Review Item); Associate Commissioner Ken Draut, Division Director Rhonda Sims and Associate Commissioner Felicia Cumings-Smith; 2 ½-hour presentation/discussion

LUNCH
FIRST FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. (EST)

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM
1:00 p.m. (EST)

XI. Full Board Items
B. Next Generation Schools/Districts (Strategic Priority)
Initial discussion regarding recognition and assistance for the Next Generation Learners component of Kentucky’s new assessment and accountability model (Review Item); Associate Commissioner Ken Draut, Division Director Rhonda Sims, Associate Commissioner Larry Stinson and Associate Commissioner Felicia Cumings-Smith;
C. General
Legislative Update – Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Kevin Brown and Tracy Herman, Legislative Liaison;
Hearing Officer’s Report – Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Kevin Brown;

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
STATE BOARD ROOM
2:30 p.m. (EST)

XII. Management Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. District Facility Plans: Bath County, Hazard and Fulton Independent School
Districts (KDE Support and Guiding Processes)
2. 2010-2011 Local District Tax Rates Levied

B. Action/Discussion Items
1. 702 KAR 7:065, Designation of Agent to Manage High School Interscholastic
Athletics and Revisions in Kentucky High School Athletic Association Bylaws

XIII. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) Advisory Board Appointment
2. Appointment to the State Textbook Commission

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
STATE BOARD ROOM

XIV. Approval of Action/Consent Agenda Items (approved as a block of items)
A. District Facility Plans
B. Tax Rates Levied
C. KSB Advisory Board Appointment
D. Textbook Commission Appointment
XV. Report of the Management Committee on Action/Discussion Items
XVI. Board Member Sharing
XVII. Information Items
A. KDE Employment Report XVIII. Internal Board Business
XIX. Litigation Report
XX. Adjournment