September 6, 2019 at 9:00 AM - State Board of Education Meeting Notification and Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.1. Identify items for separate vote
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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2.2. Approve consent agenda
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.3. Minutes of the previous State Board of Education meeting as published
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
Attachments:
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2.4. Personnel Report
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2.5. Miscellaneous
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.5.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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2.5.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund the Promoting Engagement and Knowledge Projects (PEaK)
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken
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2.5.C. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund the Para educator Self-Study Program-UNL (Project Para)
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Rhea Hochstein
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2.5.D. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund the Board of Regents, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Nebraska Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Implementation Support Team (IST)
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Amy Rhone
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2.5.E. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund the University of Nebraska-VI Project specific to training teachers of the visually impaired and Orientation and Mobility Specialist, and the ESU #4 / Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind/Visually Impaired
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone and Teresa Coonts
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2.5.F. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund the Westat, Inc. - Nebraska Technical Assistance Project (NETA) Part B
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Amy Rhone
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2.5.G. Grant the Commissioner the authority to continue to fund Parent and Training Information - Nebraska (PTI-NE) to provide Secondary Transition Parent Support Services
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.5.H. Authorize the Commissioner to approve the Veterans Education Cooperative Agreement for the fiscal year 2020
Speaker(s):
Marisol Birth and Brad Dirksen
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2.5.I. 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 2019
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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2.5.J. Grant the Commissioner the authority to obligate up to $300,000 for purposes of purchasing licenses for the Microsoft Imagine Academy
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers and Tibor Moldovan
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2.6. Grants
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.6.A. Approve submission of State Longitudinal Data System Grant to the U.S. Department of Education
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers
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2.6.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a continuation grant to the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children to operate the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Scholarship program
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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2.6.C. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a continuation grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to assist the School Security & Safety Director to build the capacity of Nebraska public schools in the area of emergency management
Speaker(s):
Beth Wooster and Jolene Palmer
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2.6.D. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a continuation grant to these projects/entities in the provision of federally required IDEA Part C duties
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Amy Bunnell
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2.7. Contracts
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.7.A. Authorize the Commissioner to amend a contract with Zeece & Associates for completion of internal policies and procedures
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers
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2.7.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to amend 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):
Matt Hastings
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2.7.C. Grant the Commissioner the authority to renew the contract with Borgworks to conduct work in systems of support for Education for Systems Involved Students
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers
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2.7.D. 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):
Dean Folkers
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2.8. Leases
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.9. Committees
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.9.A. Appoint members to the Nebraska Private Postsecondary Career Schools Advisory Council
Speaker(s):
Marisol Birth and Brad Dirksen
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2.9.B. Appoint the recommended individuals to fill vacancies on the Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Amy Rhone
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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3.1. Commissioner's recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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4.1. Request for 10-Minute Special Appearance
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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4.2. Public Comment (5 Minutes)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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5. HEARINGS (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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5.1. POTENTIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6. ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6.1. Policy Committee
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.A. Adopt proposed revisions to State Board Bylaw B16, Board Member Expenses
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.1.B. Adopt proposed revisions to State Board Position Statement S1, Nondiscrimination and Equitable Educational Opportunities in Schools
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.2. Legislative Committee
Speaker(s):
Vice President Nickels
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6.2.A. 2019-2020 Legislative Priorities
Speaker(s):
Deputy Commissioner Halstead
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6.3. Commissioner's Appraisal Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.4. AQuESTT - Teaching and Learning Domain Committee
Speaker(s):
Lisa Fricke
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6.4.A. Approve the Nebraska World Language Standards
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler and Stephanie Call
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6.5. AQuESTT - Student Success and Access Domain Committee
Speaker(s):
Patsy Koch Johns
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6.5.A. Resolution to recognize September as Attendance Awareness Month and commence the "Nebraska! Every Day Counts!" campaign
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas and Lane Carr
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6.5.B. Accept the Nebraska Equity Lens
Speaker(s):
Patsy Koch Johns
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6.6. Budget and Finance Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6.7. Strategic Planning, Performance, and Improvement Committee
Speaker(s):
Rachel Wise
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6.7.A. Approve Santee Elementary, Middle, and High School Priority School Progress Plans
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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7. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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7.1. Centering Equity in Standards Development
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler
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8. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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8.1. Meetings that took place in the past and were not previously approved
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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8.1.C. Neary (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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8.1.D. Nickels (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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8.1.F. Timm (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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8.2. Future Meeting participation
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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9. INFORMATION ITEMS/WRITTEN REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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9.1. Contracts approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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9.2. Grants approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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9.3. Updated Contested Cases
Speaker(s):
Scott Summers
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9.4. Report of grants and contracts of less than $10,000 issued by the Department for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, October 4, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. at the Nebraska State Office Building, Nebraska Department of Education, Sixth Floor, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509. A work session will be held on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Nebraska State Office building, Nebraska Department of Education, Sixth Floor, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE 68509. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on August 28, 2019. 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. |
