Board Meeting Agenda - January 12, 2012
Full Board Convenes 9:00 a.m.
Moment of Silence
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Minutes of the November 17, 2011, Meeting of the Board
Resolution/Recognition
- Resolution of Appreciation for Outstanding Leadership and Service to Public Education: Mrs. Eleanor B. Saslaw, member of the Virginia Board of Education, June 2004-January 2012, and President, 2010-2012
- Resolution of Appreciation for Outstanding Leadership and Service to Public Education: Mrs. Isis M. Castro, member of the Virginia Board of Education, January 2004-January 2012
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Public Comment*
- Final Review of Financial Report on Literary Fund
- Final Review of Recommendations Concerning Applications for Literary Fund Loans
- Final Review of Recommendations Concerning Literary Fund Applications Approved for Release of Funds or Placement on a Waiting List
- Final Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the End-of-Course Standards of Learning Tests in Algebra I and Algebra II Based on the 2009 Mathematics Standards
- First Review of Revised Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Principals
- First Review of Proposed Addition to Board of Education Approved Courses to Satisfy Graduation Requirements for High School Diplomas in Virginia Public Schools
- First Review of Proposed State Approved Textbooks for K-12 English Language Arts
- First Review of Virginia’s Application for U. S. Department of Education Flexibility from Certain Requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
Consent Agenda
Action/Discussion Items
DISCUSSION OF CURRENT ISSUES – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction
EXECUTIVE SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
Public Notice
The Board of Education members will meet for dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. Items for the Board agenda may be discussed informally at that dinner. No votes will be taken, and it is open to the public. The Board president reserves the right to change the times listed on this agenda depending upon the time constraints during the meeting.
*Guidelines for Public Comment
- The Board of Education is pleased to receive public comment at each of its regular monthly meetings. In order to allow the Board sufficient time for its other business, the total time allotted to public comment will generally be limited to thirty (30) minutes. Individuals seeking to speak to the Board will be allotted three (3) minutes each.
- Those wishing to speak to the Board should contact the Department of Education at (804) 225-2924. Normally, speakers will be scheduled in the order that their requests are received until the entire allotted time slot has been used. Where issues involving a variety of views are presented before the Board, the Board reserves the right to allocate the time available so as to ensure that the Board hears from different points of view on any particular issue.
- Speakers are urged to contact the Department of Education in advance of the meeting. Because of time limitations, those persons who have not previously registered to speak prior to the day of the Board meeting cannot be assured that they will have an opportunity to appear before the Board.
- In order to make the limited time available most effective, speakers are urged to provide multiple written copies of their comments or other material amplifying their views.