September 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM - State Board of Education Meeting Notification and Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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1.4. COVID-19 Meeting Protocol
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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2.1. Request for 10-Minute Special Appearance
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2.2. Public Comment (5 Minutes)
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3. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.1. Agenda Overview and Consent Agenda Process
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.1.A. Commissioner's recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.2. Report On Rules
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.3. Board Operations Information
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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3.3.A. NASBE Delegate Assembly
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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3.4. Update on the Start of the School Year
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.5. Nebraska Ready and Commissioner Issuance of Guidance
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.6. Information on Attendance Initiatives
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and Lane Carr
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4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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5. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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5.1. Board Member Out-of-State Travel Approval
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5.2. Committee Appointments
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5.2.A. Appoint the recommended individuals to fill vacancies on the Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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5.2.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve the NASB "alternate" nominee to the 2020-2021 NCTE membership roster
Speaker(s):
Brad Dirksen and Kelly Heineke
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5.2.C. Appoint member to the Nebraska Private Postsecondary Career Schools Advisory Council
Speaker(s):
Marisol Birth and Brad Dirksen
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5.3. Contract Approvals
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5.3.A. Grant the Commissioner the authority to extend the contract with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) for staff augmentation services in support of the Office of Early Childhood
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers
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5.3.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with a provider yet to be named, to develop an equity scorecard, support resources, and capacity building trainings for NDE, ESUs, districts, and schools
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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5.3.C. Grant the Commissioner the authority to renew the contract with partners for the Project AWARE Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz
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5.3.D. Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with Jackie Maly under an employer/employee relationship for the purpose of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund subrecipient grant reimbursement for the Office of Budget & Grants Management
Speaker(s):
Jen Utemark
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5.3.E. Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with Student1 for Nebraska's AWARE-SEA Grant Project
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz
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5.4. Grant Approvals
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5.4.A. Approve award notifications for SY 2021 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grants
Speaker(s):
Sharon Davis, Sarah Smith and Zainab Rida
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5.4.B. Authorize the Commissioner to approve McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance grants for the 2020-21 school year
Speaker(s):
Beth Wooster
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5.5. Lease Approvals
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5.6. Minutes of the Previous State Board of Education Meeting
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5.7. Miscellaneous Approvals
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5.7.A. Approve school districts’ requests for exclusions to the budget limitation in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Equity & Educational Opportunities Support Act
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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5.7.B. Approve Request from School Districts for Payment of Half Their Total 2020/21 State Aid
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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5.7.C. Continue to fund the Westat, Inc. - Nebraska Technical Assistance Project (NETA) Part B
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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5.7.D. Continue to fund Parent and Training Information - Nebraska (PTI-NE) to provide Secondary Transition Parent Support Services
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone and Theresa Hayes
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5.7.E. Continue to fund the University of Nebraska (UNL) - Visual Impairment Project and the ESU#4/Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind/Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) implementation of the federal Deaf-Blind grant (year 2 of 5)
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone and Teresa Coonts
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5.7.F. Continue to fund the Para educator Self-Study Program-UNL (Project Para)
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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5.7.G. Grant the Commissioner the authority to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human services for use of Child Care and Development funds for FFY 2020
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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6. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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6.1. Policy Committee
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.A. Discussion Item: Discuss proposed revisions to State Board Bylaw B5, Board Meeting Notification for Regular Meetings
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.B. Discussion Item: Position Statement on Human Dignity
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.C. Discussion Item: Discuss Position Statement S10, Coordinated School Health
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.D. Discussion Item: Position Statement S12, Assessment of Student Learning
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.E. Action Item: Adopt revisions to State Board Policy P4, Personnel Policies/State School Policies/Administrative Memos
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.2. Legislative Committee
Speaker(s):
Robin Stevens
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6.3. Commissioner's Appraisal Committee
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.4. AQuESTT Teaching, Learning and Serving Domain Committee
Speaker(s):
Lisa Fricke
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6.5. AQuESTT Student Success, Access and Support Domain Committee
Speaker(s):
Patsy Koch Johns
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6.5.A. Leading for Equity and Excellence Program (LEEP)
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6.6. Budget and Finance Committee
Speaker(s):
John Witzel
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6.6.A. Monthly Board Travel Expense Report
Speaker(s):
Jen Utemark
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6.6.B. In-State Travel Authorization Reports
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6.6.C. Action Item: Submit Biennial Budget Request for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23
Speaker(s):
Jen Utemark
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6.7. Strategic Planning, Performance, and Improvement Committee
Speaker(s):
Rachel Wise
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6.7.A. Discuss Rule 10 revision timeline
Speaker(s):
Brad Dirksen
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7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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7.1. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to enter into an additional agreement with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to oversee and administer the DHHS schools and education programs.
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and Ryan Foor
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7.2. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to contract with individuals and entities to fulfill the terms of the agreement for the DHHS schools and education programs.
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and Ryan Foor
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8. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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9. INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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9.1. Monthly Board Reports
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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9.1.A. Fricke
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9.1.B. Koch Johns
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9.1.C. Neary
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9.1.D. Nickels
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9.1.E. Stevens
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9.1.F. Timm
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9.1.G. Wise
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9.1.H. Witzel
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9.2. Contracts Approved by Commissioner
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9.3. Grants Approved by Commissioner
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9.4. Contested Case Update
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9.5. Report of grants and contracts of less than $10,000 issued by the Department for the period 7/1/2019 through 6/30/2020
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, October 2, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. at a location to be determined. A work session will be held as needed on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at a time and location to be determined. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on August 26, 2020. A copy of the agenda reflecting any changes will be available for public inspection during the normal business hours in the Office of the Commissioner of Education and on the State Board of Education's Agenda page: www.education.ne.gov/StateBoard/Agendas.html. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda will not be changed later than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting. |
