RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - The State Board of Education will meet Feb. 3-4 to discuss the following agenda.


WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3

10 – 10:05 a.m.
Call to order and approval of February Board agenda

10:05 – 11:05 a.m.
SBE Issues Session
Human Resources Division Profile and a report on the Effectiveness of Public Institutes of Higher Education Teacher Education Programs

11:05 – 11:50 a.m.
•  Educator Standards and Practices Committee
State Board members Olivia Oxendine, chair; Eric Davis, vice chair

Discussion items: Program Approval Modifications for Institutions of Higher Education, Policy Recommendations for the Teacher Licensure and Evaluation Process and Proposed Student Perception Surveys
New Business item: NC Teachers at Work Initiative

11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
•  Student Learning and Achievement Committee
State Board members Eric Davis, chair; Olivia Oxendine, vice chair

Action item: Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities
Discussion items: Reform for Continually Low-Performing Schools, State Advisory Council on Indian Education Annual Report and Technical Changes to Diploma Endorsements
New Business item: Proof of Concept Study Update

12:50 p.m. LUNCH

1:50 – 3 p.m.
•  Education Innovation and Charter Schools Committee
State Board members Becky Taylor, chair; Wayne McDevitt, vice chair

Action items: Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee Annual Charter Schools Report, Request for One-Year Delay by Pine Springs Preparatory Academy, Recommendations for Enrollment and Grade Expansion Requests for Charter Schools, and Recommendations for Charters Expiring in 2016
Discussion items: Charter Amendment for PreEminent Charter School, Recommendation for Grade Expansion Request for Lake Norman Charter School, Charter Schools Advisory Board Recommended Amendments to Charter Agreement and Application, and Request for One-Year Delay for Cardinal Charter Academy of Knightdale
New Business items: NCVPS Executive Director’s Report and Charter Schools Advisory Board Acceptance of Action Plans from Academically Inadequate Schools

3 – 4 p.m.
•  Business Operations Committee
State Board members Greg Alcorn, chair; Kevin Howell, vice chair

Action items: Study on Charter School Closure Funds, Allotment Formula for Summer Reading Camps, and Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee report on Driver Education Multi-Year Survey
Discussion items: Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee report on NCVPS Alternative Funding Formula Study and 2016-17 Supplemental Budget Recommendations

4 p.m. Open session then adjourn to closed session

4:40 p.m. Board reconvenes then adjourns

THURSDAY, FEB. 4

9 -11:35 a.m.

Following approval of their January minutes, Board members will recognize Career and Technical Education Teacher (Mazie Quick) and Administrator (Shirley Bynum) of the Year then hear a special report from Edgecombe County on Global Education. State Superintendent June Atkinson will follow with her report to the Board, which includes an update from NCDPI Data, Research and Federal Policy Director Lou Fabrizio on the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Under the Board’s Consent Agenda, members will approve the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee report on Educator Preparation Report Cards, Advisory Council Membership for Governor Morehead School for the Blind, Council on Educational Services for Exceptional Children membership, Technical Corrections to Basic Education Plan Key Terms, New Advisory Board members for the NC Virtual Public School Council, and charter amendments for Kestrel Heights Charter School and Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy.

Committee chairs will then report out and members will take action on regular agenda items as appropriate. Chairman Bill Cobey will conclude the meeting with his comments followed by a discussion of any old and new business.