Board Agenda:

 

Call to order and approval of agenda and June State Board meeting minutes. State Superintendent June Atkinson will follow with her report to the Board. As part of her report, Legislative and Community Affairs Director Rachel Beaulieu will report on legislative activities.

 

 

•  Globally Competitive Students Committee

State Board member Marcella Savage, chair; Olivia Oxendine, vice chair

 

Action item: Academic Achievement Standards and Achievement Level Descriptors for End-of-Grade Assessments in English Language Arts/Reading and Math at Grades 3-8, Beginning-of-Grade ELA/Reading, and EOG Science Grades 5 and 8, and Read to Achieve Test Grade 3

 

 

•  21st Century Professionals Committee

State Board member Olivia Oxendine, chair; John Tate, vice chair

 

Action item: Local Options for Middle School Career and Technical Education Assessments 

 

 

•  Leadership for Innovation Committee

State Board member Rebecca Taylor, chair; Wayne McDevitt, vice chair

 

Action item: One-Year Delay for Providence Charter High School

 

 

 

•  21st Century Systems Committee

State Board member Greg Alcorn, chair; Kevin Howell, vice chair

 

Update on Contracts

 

Under the Board’s Consent Agenda, members will approve Technical Corrections to Accountability Policies, Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities, Proposed Qualifying Praxis II Test Scores, Charter School Advisory Board Recommendation on Application Content, and Renewal Recommendation for Kestrel Heights Charter School with Charter Expiring in 2014.

 

Chairman Bill Cobey will conclude the meeting with the approval of the Board’s 2015 Meeting Schedule and a discussion of any old business.

 

 The Board will then go into Closed Session at 10:45 a.m., return to open session and adjourn at 11 a.m.