March 7, 2019 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

2.4. Information on Rule 10; history of accreditation, state accreditation committee

2.5. Information on special education funding; maintenance of effort information

2.6. Information on data collection processes

2.7. Information on the assessment data timeline

3. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

3.1. Policy Committee

3.1.A. Consent Item:  Reaffirm State Board Policy B1, Board Officers

3.1.B. Discussion Item:  State Board Position Statement S3, Reading/Writing

3.1.B.1. Discussion Item:  Discuss proposed revisions to State Board Position Statement S1, Nondiscrimination and Equitable Educational Opportunities in Schools

3.1.C. Discussion Item:  Four year review of State Board Bylaw B4, Task Forces and Advisory Committees

3.1.D. Discussion Item:  Four year review of State Board Bylaw B17, Public Statements by Board Members

3.1.E. Discussion Item:  Review State Board Bylaw B19, Computer Equipment/Internet Access and Electronic Mail

3.2. Legislative Committee

3.2.A. Review 2019 Proposed State Legislation and Take Action on Board Positions

3.3. Commissioner's Appraisal Committee

3.4. AQuESTT - Teaching and Learning Domain Committee

3.4.A. Discussion Item: Nebraska World Language Standards

3.4.B. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with Education Measurement Consulting, LLC.
 

3.5. AQuESTT - Student Success and Access Domain Committee

3.5.A. Discussion Item: Equity Lens 

3.5.B. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner the authority to amend the existing contract and lease with ESU 4 for the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired (NCECBVI)

3.5.C. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve two contracts with Easterseals Nebraska. Easterseals will conduct the Nebraska Empowered Youth Camp and the Inspiring ChangeMakers leadership training programs
 

3.5.D. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve two contracts with Educational Service Unit #16 (ESU16) for the summer internship programs, Summer Work Education and Employment Program (SWEEP)
 

3.5.E. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner authority to approve Cooperative Agreement for "NeMTSS Regional Facilitator" with ESU #3, #10 and #13

3.5.F. Action Item:  Grant the Commissioner the authority to amend the current 2018-19 contracts for the four Regional Programs for Deafness/Hard of Hearing

3.6. Budget and Finance Committee

3.6.A. Discussion Item: Information on the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee Hearing on the Department of Education's Biennial Budget Request

3.6.B. Action Item:  Accept the 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) Audit Report

3.7. Strategic Planning, Performance and Improvement Committee

3.7.A. Action Item: Adopt Recommendations from External Review of Strategic Vision and Direction

4. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSIONS ITEMS

4.1. Meeting participation and joint meetings with policy partners

4.1.A. Monthly Board Reports

4.1.B. Quarterly discussion on meeting participation

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

4.2.A. Fricke

4.2.B. Koch Johns

4.2.C. Neary (NONE)

4.2.D. Nickels

4.2.E. Stevens

4.2.F. Timm (NONE)

4.2.G. Wise

4.2.H. Witzel

4.3. Discuss requests for future meeting attendance

4.4. Monthly Board Travel Expense Report

5. ADJOURNMENT