November 1, 2018 at 2:00 PM - State Board of Education Work Session Meeting and Notification and Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information

2. COMMISSIONER’S REPORT AND AGENDA OVERVIEW

2.1. Consent Agenda process

2.2. Report on Rules

2.3. Board Priorities and Policy Research

2.3.A. Information on the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties' Community Achievement Plan

2.3.B. Information from previous board discussion on school accreditation and accountability

2.3.C. Information on the external review of the strategic plan

2.3.D. ACT Report

2.3.E. ESSA requirements for school-level finance reporting

3. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

3.1. Policy Committee

3.1.A. Discussion Item: 2019 State Board of Education meeting dates/schedule

3.1.B. Discussion Item: Proposed revisions to State Board Bylaw B6, Agendas/Meeting Material for Regular Meetings

3.2. Legislative Committee

3.3. AQuESTT - Teaching and Learning Domain Committee

3.3.A. Discussion Item: Provide update on the process to revise content area standards for Business, Marketing, and Management

3.3.B. Discussion Item: Annual plan for Nebraska statewide assessment and reporting system

3.4. AQuESTT - Student Success and Access Domain Committee

3.4.A. Action Item: Accept the Federal Deaf-Blind Grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind/Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) Project

3.4.B. Action Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a contract with ESU #10 to rebuild and update the AT4ALL website

3.4.C. Action Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with partners for the Project AWARE grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

3.5. Budget and Finance Committee

3.5.A. Action Item: Accept the 2018 National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program Audit Report

3.6. Strategic Planning, Performance and Improvement Committee

3.6.A. Action Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, and each of the six Nebraska Community Colleges establishing the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Educational Reporting System

4. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSIONS ITEMS

4.1. Year in Review: 2018 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Michelle Helt, Third Grade Teacher, Cardinal Elementary School, South Sioux City, Nebraska (10 minutes)

4.2. Recognition of the 2019 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Sydney Jensen, 9th Grade English Teacher, Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Nebraska (10 minutes)

4.3. Meeting participation and joint meetings with policy partners

4.3.A. Monthly Board Reports

4.4. Meetings that took place in the past and were not previously approved

4.5. Discuss requests for future meeting attendance

4.6. Monthly Board Travel Expense Report

5. ADJOURNMENT