August 6, 2021 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):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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2. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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2.1. Board Member Out-of-State Travel Approval
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2.2. Committee Appointments
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2.2.A. Appoint the proposed nominees for the Nebraska Council on Teacher Education
Speaker(s):
Kelly Heineke
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2.2.B. Appoint the recommended individual(s) to fill vacancies on the Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.3. Contract Approvals
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2.3.A. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Public Consulting Group (PCG) to complete a cost methodology study to establish rates for Nebraska VR’s supported employment program
Speaker(s):
Carla Lasley and Lindy Foley
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2.3.B. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Boys Town, USA to become the communications center for the LB 322 School Safety and Security Reporting System Act, specifically Safe2HelpNE
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Jolene Palmer
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2.3.C. Authorize the Commissioner to amend the contract with Nebraska Children and Families Foundation to coordinate the creation of a community schools pilot program
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz Alvarado
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2.3.D. Authorize the Commissioner to amend the current contract with SchoolKit
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler
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2.3.E. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Stone 2 Bread LLC to work on ServeNebraska AmeriCorp application
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz Alvarado
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2.3.F. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Children’s Hospital & Medical Center for the purpose of providing expertise on child health topics and intervention through a partnership with the Nebraska Healthy Schools Program
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Jessie Coffey
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2.3.G. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with the Board of Regents, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the purpose of providing expertise on staff wellbeing efforts as part of the Healthy Schools program and Team Nutrition training grant
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Jessie Coffey
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2.3.H. Authorize the Commissioner to approve a contract renewal with Emspace + Lovgren Communications for continuation of the Step Up to Quality public engagement campaign
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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2.3.I. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with the University of Massachusetts Boston to perform Progressive Employment training for Nebraska VR staff in September 2021
Speaker(s):
Janet Drudik and Lindy Foley
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2.3.J. Authorize the Commissioner the authority to contract with Colyar Technology Solutions Inc for a period from September 1 2021 to August 31 2022 for the purpose of maintaining the netCNP system and incorporating change requests
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Kayte Partch
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2.3.K. Authorize the Commissioner 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 Alvarado
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2.3.L. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Educational Service Unit 13 for one year in a shared employee contract arrangement to fulfill services as an Educator Effectiveness Specialist
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas and Kim Snyder
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2.3.M. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Firespring Print, Inc for Nebraska’s AWARE-SEA Grant Project
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz Alvarado
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2.3.N. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with TNTP for three years from August 2021 – August 2024 for the (1) Statewide Learning Acceleration Series and (2) Leader Development Cohort
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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2.3.O. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Instruction Partners for three years, from August 2021 – August 2024, for the (1) Learning Acceleration in K-8 Mathematics Network and (2) NeMTSS, Continuous Improvement, and High-Quality Instructional Materials Integration Project
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler and Shirley Vargas
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2.4. Grant Approvals
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2.4.A. Authorize the Commissioner to approve SY 2021-2022 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grant Award Notifications
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Sarah Smith
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2.4.B. Authorize the Commissioner to approve McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance grants for the 2021-22 school year
Speaker(s):
Beth Wooster
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2.4.C. Authorize the Commissioner to Approve the 2021-2022 reVISION Action grants
Speaker(s):
Katie Graham
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2.5. Lease Approvals (NONE)
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2.6. Minutes of the Previous State Board of Education Meeting
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2.7. Miscellaneous Approvals
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2.7.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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2.7.B. Approve request from school districts for payment of half their total 2020/21 State Aid
Speaker(s):
Kevin Lyons and Bryce Wilson
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2.7.C. Grant approval under Rule 10, (92 NAC 10), Regulations and Procedures for the Accreditation of Schools, for Howells Community Catholic School to add Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year
Speaker(s):
Don Loseke
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2.7.D. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to fund the Board of Regents, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Implementation Support Team (IST)
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.7.E. Approve public school districts and Educational Service Units that have established early childhood education programs in accordance with the provisions of Rule 11 (92 NAC 11), Regulations for the approval of Prekindergarten Programs established by School Boards or Educational Service Units and for the Issuance of Early Childhood Education Grants
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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2.7.F. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to fund the NeMTSS Regional Facilitator for Educational Service Units #3, #6, #10 and #13
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.7.G. Authorize the Commissioner to enter into an Interagency Agreement between the Nebraska-Department of Health and Human Services/ServeNebraska
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Mariella Resendiz Alvarado
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2.7.H. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to fund the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind/Visually Impaired (NCECBVI) Project specific to Outreach services
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone and Teresa Coonts
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2.7.I. Authorize the Commissioner to fund the ESU #10 Pyramid Model/EC MTSS Facilitator
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.7.J. Authorize the Commissioner to continue funding the Early Childhood MTSS and Early Learning Coach Consultants
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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2.7.K. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to fund the “NDE Transition System Support Project” with ESU #10
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone and Theresa Hayes
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3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (Per State Board action on 08/05/2021, public comment will be limited to 2 minutes per person and will end no later than 2:30 pm. There will be a 45-minute lunch break during the public comment period to be announced prior to recessing.)
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
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3.1. Public Comment
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3.2. Written Public Comment
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4. DISCUSSION OF HEALTH STANDARDS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Nickels
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4.1. Discussion Item: Nebraska Health Education Standards Process
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler and Lacey Peters
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5. ADJOURNMENT (4:00 p.m.)
Speaker(s):
President Nickels
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, September 3, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. at a location to be determined. As needed, a work session will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2021 at a time to be determined. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on July 29, 2021. 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. |
