Kentucky Board of Education to Meet

The Kentucky Board of Education will meet Wednesday and Thursday, August 3 and 4, for a retreat and regular meeting.

On Wednesday, the board will meet at the Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville for its annual retreat. The retreat will begin at 10 a.m., and agenda items include information about the Kentucky Department of Education’s Unbridled Learning work and budgets.

The board also will have a working dinner and discuss the commissioner of education’s self-evaluation at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Frankfort.

On Thursday, the board will meet in the State Board Room on the first floor of the Capital Plaza Tower in Frankfort. The board’s Nominating Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. to recommend a slate of officers for 2011-12, and the board will meet in full session at 9 a.m. The board’sCurriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee and Management Committee will meet beginning at 1 p.m., and the board will reconvene in full session afterward.

Agenda items for the regular meeting include potential action on assessment and accountability regulations, the board’s legislative agenda and preschool funding rates.

A full agenda follows.


KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
AUGUST 3-4, 2011

KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (AUGUST 3 RETREAT)
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY

STATE BOARD ROOM (AUGUST 4 REGULAR MEETING)
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION RETREAT - FULL BOARD
GROW HALL, KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
10 a.m. (ET)


I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Full Board Items
A. Next-Generation Learners, Next-Generation Instructional Programs and Support, Next-Generation Professionals and Next-Generation Schools/Districts (Strategic Priorities)
1. Strategic Plan Update (Review Item) – Commissioner Terry Holliday, Division Director Karen Dodd, Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith and Associate Commissioner Larry Stinson; 2-hour presentation/discussion

LUNCH

Noon – 12:45 p.m. (ET)

KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION RETREAT - FULL BOARD (CONT’D)
GROW HALL, KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (KSD)
12:45 p.m. (ET)

III. Full Board Items (Cont’d)

B. Accountability discussion (90-minute presentation/discussion)
1. 703 KAR 5:230, Next-Generation Instructional Programs and Support (Final) (Action/Discussion Item) – Associate Commissioner Felicia Smith
2. Discussion of weights within the new accountability system and final approval of 703 KAR 5:220, School and District Accountability Recognition and Support (Final) (Action/Discussion Item) – Associate Commissioners Larry Stinson, Ken Draut and Felicia Smith
3. Definition of career readiness (Action/Discussion Item) – Associate Commissioner Ken Draut
C. General
1. 2012-2014 Biennial Budget Additional Funding Items (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner Hiren Desai and Division Director Charles Harman; 30-minute presentation/discussion
2. Annual Report of the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children (KECSAC) and Legislative Budget Request (Review Item) – Ronnie Nolan, Executive Director of KECSAC; 15-minute presentation/discussion

GRADUATION CEREMONY AND RECEPTION TO HONOR FORMER KSD
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS
KSD, GROW HALL
3:30 p.m. (ET)

RECESS

WORKING DINNER AND DISCUSSION OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION’S SELF-EVALUATION
STATE BOARD ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY
7:00 p.m. (ET)

RECESS

Thursday, August 4, 2011

COMMITTEE MEETING
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY
STATE BOARD ROOM
8:30 a.m. (ET)

IV. Nominating Committee Meeting

A. Recommendation of a Slate of Officers for 2011-12
1. Call to order
2. Roll call
3. Discussion of characteristics needed for next year’s KBE officers
4. Closed session to discuss personnel
5. Open session to approve recommendation of the committee to the full board for the 2011-12 officers
6. Adjournment

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

V. Call to Order

VI. Approval of minutes from the June 7-8, 2011, regular meeting

VII. Introduction of KDE Team Members of the Month and New KDE Employees by the Commissioner of Education

VIII. Report of the Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (Questions on written report)

IX. Report of the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education (Questions on written report)

X. Report of the Executive Director of the Education Professional Standards Board (Questions on written report)

XI. Report of the Commissioner of Education (Questions on written report)

XII. Good News Items

XIII. 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.)

XIV. Full Board Items
A. General (10-minute presentation/discussion)
1. Report of the KBE Nominating Committee on slate of officers for 2011-12 (Review Item)
2. Election of officers for 2011-12 (Action/Discussion Item)
B. Next Generation Schools and Districts (Strategic Priority)
1. Update on persistently low-achieving schools and on school districts in consequences, Year 5 (Review Item) – Associate Commissioners Larry Stinson, Dewey Hensley and Kevin Brown; 45-minute presentation/discussion
C. General
1. Potential issues for inclusion in the board’s legislative agenda for the 2012 Regular Session of the General Assembly (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner Kevin Brown and Legislative Liaison Tracy Herman; 45-minute presentation/discussion
2. TELL Kentucky Survey Follow-up; Possible Recommendations and Policy Implications (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner Larry Stinson and Division Director Michael Dailey; 15-minute presentation/discussion
3. Hearing Officer’s Report (Review Item) – Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Kevin Brown (10-minute presentation/discussion)
4. Review of KBE Policy Manual and Proposed Meeting Dates for 2011, 2012 and 2013 (Review Item) – Policy Advisor Mary Ann Miller; 15-minute presentation/discussion

LUNCH
Noon – 1 p.m. (ET)

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

XV. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. Kentucky Writing Program Advisory Committee Membership
B. Action/Discussion Item
1. 2011-2012 Preschool Funding Process and Funding Rates
2. Request from the State Consortium on Board Examination Systems districts for waiver of 704 KAR 3:305, Minimum Requirements for High School Graduation, Section 2, for an alternative graduation model
3. Request from the Partnership for Next Generation Learning districts for waiver of 704 KAR 3:305, Minimum Requirements for High School Graduation
C. Review Items
1. Alternative Education Program Regulation (new regulation)

XVI. Management Committee Meeting
A. Action/Consent Items
1. New District Facility Plan: Paducah Independent School District
2. 2010-11 Local District Working Budgets
B. Action/Discussion Items
1. Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) FY12 Unmet Need for LEAs (General)
2. FY 2012 Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Expenditure Plan (General)
3. Requiring Kentucky middle schools to comply with Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) health and safety requirements including but not limited to coach training, specific safety programs and potential limitations on competition

XVII. Approval of Action/Consent Agenda Items (approved as a block of items)
A. District Facility Plan
B. Writing Advisory Committee Appointments
C. Local District Working Budgets for FY 2011

XVIII. Report of the Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Committee on Action/Discussion Items

XIX. Report of the Management Committee on Action/Discussion Items

XX. Board Member Sharing

XXI. Information Items (Questions only)
A. KDE Employment Report

XXII. Internal Board Business
A. Approval of travel for board members attending the annual NASBE conference
B. Appointment of committee to select the Sam Robinson Award winner
C. Appointment of the State Evaluation Appeals Panel
D. Other

XXIII. Litigation Report

XXIV. Evaluation discussion with the commissioner of education

XXV. Adjournment

SOURCE: KDE Press release