Board Meeting Agenda - March 28, 2013
Click on the links below to view individual agenda items. All documents are PDF files unless otherwise indicated.Business Session Agenda – Thursday, March 28, 2013
Full Board Convenes – 9:00 a.m.
Moment of Silence
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Minutes of the February 28, 2013, Meeting of the Board
Resolution/Recognition
- A Resolution of Recognition presented to the Virginia Recipient of the 2012 National Distinguished Principal
- Gail Kinsey, principal, Fairfax Villa Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools
- A Resolution of Recognition presented to a school division recently receiving the AdvancED/SACS District Accreditation: Northumberland County Public Schools
Public Comment*
Action/Discussion Items
- Final Review of Proposed Guidelines for Standard Diploma Credit Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
See Guidelines including amendments made March 28, 2013
- Final Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the Grades 3-8 Reading Standards of Learning Tests Based on the 2010 English Standards of Learning
- Final Review of Recommendation of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL) to Accredit the Teacher Education Program at Sweet Briar College Through a Process Approved by the Board of Education
- Final Review of Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines for Considering and Approving Requests for Pre-Labor Day Openings
See Guidelines including amendments made March 28, 2013
- First Review of Consensus Report from the Board of Education Charter School Committee on the Proposed Green Run Collegiate Charter School Application
See related Applicant Materials – updated March 26, 2013
- First Review of Consensus Report from the Board of Education College Partnership Laboratory Schools Committee on the Proposed George Mason University Application to Establish the Mason’s Patriot Innovation Academy
See related presentation on Mason’s Patriot Innovation Academy
- First Review of Proposal to Establish the Newport News Public Schools and the York County Public Schools Governor’s Health Sciences Academy
See related presentation on Governor’s Health Science Academy, Newport News Public Schools and York County Public Schools
- First Review of Proposal to Establish the Hampton City Public Schools Governor’s Health Sciences Academy
See related presentation on Governor’s Health Science Academy, Hampton City Public Schools
- First Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the Grades 3, 5, and 8 Science and Grades 5, 8, and End-of-Course (EOC) Writing Standards of Learning Tests Based on the 2010 Science and English Standards of Learning
- First Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test (VMAST) for Grades 3-8 and End of Course (EOC) Reading Based on the 2010 English Standards of Learning
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 6:00 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. 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.
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