Board Meeting Agenda – July 24, 2014
Click on the links below to view individual agenda items. All documents are PDF files unless otherwise indicated.Business Session Agenda – Thursday, July 24, 2014
Full Board Convenes – 9:00 a.m.
Moment of Silence
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Minutes of the June 26, 2014, 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
- Final Review of Proposal to Establish the Hampton City Public Schools Architecture and Applied Arts Governor’s STEM Academy
- Final Review of Amendments to the Regulations Governing Driver Education and the Repeal of Regulations Governing the Approval of Correspondence Courses for Home Instruction (Reconsideration of Final Stage)
- First Review of Permanent Amendments to the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8 VAC 20-131) to Replace the Emergency Amendments Required by HB 1061 and SB 489 (2012) (Final Stage)
- First Review of Request for Approval of the 2014 General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program
- First Review of Nominations to Fill Vacancies on the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure (ABTEL)
- First Review of Proposed Local Assessment Guidelines Developed in Response to 2014 Acts of Assembly
- Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments for 2014-2015 – Updated August 14, 2014
- Guidelines for Local Alternative Assessments for 2014-2015 – Updated August 14, 2014
Consent Agenda
Action/Discussion Items
Discussion of Current Issues – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction
Executive Session (Closed Session)
Adjournment
Public Notice
The Board of Education members will meet for dinner at 6 p.m. at the Commonwealth Park Suites Hotel on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. 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 Virginia 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 Virginia 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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