Board Meeting Agenda - April 25-26, 2012
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Planning Session Agenda – Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Planning Session Convenes – 1:30 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Mr. David Foster, President, Virginia Board of EducationOverview of Presentation Topics
Dr. Patricia Wright, Superintendent of Public InstructionVirginia Department of Education
Reports and Presentations
- Setting Goals and Measuring Progress
Presenter: Mrs. Anne Wescott, Assistant Superintendent for Policy and Communications
- Highlights of Progress in Meeting Board of Education Objectives
Presenter: Dr. Deborah Jonas, Executive Director for Research and Strategic Planning
- Report on Progress Towards Closing the Achievement Gap
Presenter: Dr. Deborah Jonas, Executive Director for Research and Strategic Planning
- Report on the Profile of Virginia's Instructional School Personnel
Presenter: Mrs. Patty Pitts, Assistant Superintendent for Teacher Education and Licensure
- Board Discussion of Long Term Priorities
Wrap Up and Next Steps
Adjournment of Planning Session
NOTE: The Board of Education will convene for the Business Session at 9 a.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012.
Business Session Agenda – Thursday, April 26, 2012
Full Board Convenes – 9:00 a.m.
Moment of Silence
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Minutes of the March 22, 2012, Meeting of the Board
Public Comment
- Final Review of Financial Report on Literary Fund
- Final Review of Recommendations Concerning Literary Fund Applications Approved for Release of Funds or Placement on a Waiting List
- First Review of a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action (NOIRA) to Promulgate Regulations Revising the Regulations Establishing the Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8 VAC 20-131) to Include Standards for the Accreditation of Public Virtual Schools Operating Under the Authority of the Local School Boards
- Final Review of a Request from Carroll County Public Schools for Approval of an Alternative Accreditation Plan for Carroll County Public School’s Virginia Virtual Academy (VAVA)
- Final Review of the Consensus Report from the Board of Education Charter School Committee on the Proposed Fairfax Leadership Academy Charter School Application
- Final Review of a Proposal from Virginia Beach Public Schools to Establish a Governor’s STEM Academy for Engineering, Marketing, and Information Technology Studies
- First Review of a Proposal from Fairfax County Public Schools to Establish the New Commonwealth Governor’s STEM Academy at Chantilly High School and Chantilly Academy
See related presentation on Fairfax County’s Proposed STEM Academy (PDF)
- First Review of a Proposal from Roanoke County Public Schools to Establish the Governor’s STEM Academy at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology
See related presentation on Roanoke County’s Proposed STEM Academy (PDF)
- First Review of a Proposal from Chesapeake City Public Schools to Establish the Grassfield High School Governor’s STEM Academy
See related presentation on Chesapeake City’s Proposed STEM Academy (PDF)
- First Review of Revisions of Industry, Professional, or Trade Association Certification Examinations and Occupational Competency Assessments to Meet the Requirements for the Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education and Advanced Mathematics and Technology Seals and the Student-Selected Verified Credit
- First Review of Timetable for the Review and Approval of the Revised Computer Technology Standards of Learning
- First Review of Recommended Cut Scores for Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test (VMAST) for Grades 3-8 Mathematics and Algebra I
- First Review of a Recommended Cut Score for the Numeracy Requirement of the Modified Standard Diploma on the Grade 8 Standards of Learning Mathematics Tests Based on the 2009 Mathematics Standards
Consent Agenda
Action/Discussion: Board of Education Regulations
Action/Discussion: Items
Discussion of Current Issues – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction
Executive Session
Adjournment of Business Session
Public Notice
The Board of Education members will meet for dinner at 6:30 p.m. at La Grotta Restaurant on Wednesday, April 25, 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.