August 8, 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

2.3.A. Presentation of revised Strategic Vision and Direction

2.4. Presentation on Nebraska Instructional Materials Collaborative

3. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS

3.1. Policy Committee

3.1.A. Action Item:  Adopt proposed revisions to State Board Policy P3, Delegation to Commissioner

3.1.B. Action Item:  Adopt the Resolution to Recognize the 75th Anniversary of the GI Bill and Commend its Importance in Providing Equity to Nebraskans

3.1.C. Discussion Item:  Discuss proposed revisions to State Board Bylaw B16, Board Member Expenses

3.2. Legislative Committee

3.2.A. Discussion Item:  2019-2020 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

3.3. Commissioner's Appraisal Committee

3.4. AQuESTT - Teaching and Learning Domain Committee

3.4.A. Action Item: Grant temporary approval to Bellevue University to implement their plan to phase in a Teacher Education Program

3.4.B. Action Item: Approval of 2019-2020 Nebraska Council on Teacher Education (NCTE) Membership Roster

3.4.C. Action Item: Approve the Educator Preparation Programs in Nebraska Colleges and Universities for 2019-20

3.4.D. Action Item:  Repeal of Rule 46 (92 NAC 46), Regulations and Procedures for Career Education Partnership Act Grants

3.4.E. Discussion Item: Presentation of the Proposed Draft of the Nebraska World Language Standards

3.5. AQuESTT - Student Success and Access Domain Committee

3.5.A.  Action Item: Approve Public School Districts and Educational Service Units that have established Early Childhood Education Programs in accordance with the provision of Rule 11

3.5.B. Action Item:  Approve Morrill Public Schools Early Childhood Program

3.5.C. Action Item: Approve Grand Island Public Schools' Early Childhood Program to offer fewer than 450 instructional hours due to severe weather during the 2018-2019 school year

3.5.D. Action Item:  Grant conditional approval under Rule 14 for the Applicant Nonpublic School to operate in the 2019-20 school year

3.5.E. Action Item: Repeal Rule 53 (92 NAC 53), Regulations for Special Education Residential Care

3.5.F. Discussion Item: "Nebraska! Every Day Counts" Attendance Resolution

3.5.G. Discussion Item: Review Draft of Equity Lens

3.5.H. Discussion Item:  State Board Position Statement S1, Nondiscrimination and Equal Educational Opportunity in Schools

3.6. Budget and Finance Committee

3.7. Strategic Planning, Performance and Improvement Committee

3.7.A. Action Item:  Accept the Affidavit of School Closing, due to severe weather, filed by Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools, and grant permission to that district to offer fewer than the minimum instructional hours for school year 2018-2019 under the waiver provisions contained in State Statute 79-213 R.R.S. and NDE Rule 10

3.7.B. Discussion Item: Proposed changes to Board Policy S2, Accountability for Quality Education System, Today & Tomorrow (AQuESTT)

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.A.1. Fricke

4.1.A.2. Koch Johns

4.1.A.3. Neary

4.1.A.4. Nickels

4.1.A.5. Stevens

4.1.A.6. Timm

4.1.A.7. Wise

4.1.A.8. Witzel

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

4.2.D. Nickels

4.2.E. Stevens

4.2.F. Timm

4.2.G. Wise

4.2.H. Witzel

4.3. Discuss requests for future meeting attendance

4.4. Monthly Board Travel Expense Reports

5. ADJOURNMENT