September 8, 2023 at 9:00 AM - State Board of Education Meeting Notification and Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER (The Board may take a recess)
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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2.1. Lexington Public Schools Yearbook Recognition
Speaker(s):
Elizabeth Tegtmeier
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2.2. Hampton Public Schools Hawk Herd
Speaker(s):
Kirk Penner
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2.3. Adopt the resolution to recognize September as Attendance Awareness Month and commence the “Nebraska Every Day Counts!” campaign
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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2.3.A. Improving School Attendance in Participating Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium (MOEC) Schools, an Innovation Grant funded program
Speaker(s):
Dr. Terry Haack, Executive Director
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2.4. Annual Presentation from the Nebraska Council on Teacher Education (NCTE)
Speaker(s):
Sara Skretta
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3. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher
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3.1. Agenda Overview and Consent Agenda Process
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher
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3.1.A. Commissioner's recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher
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3.2. Nebraska Teacher of the Year Quarterly Report
Speaker(s):
Renee Jones, 2023 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, High School English, Lincoln High School
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4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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5. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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5.1. Board Member Out-of-State Travel Approval
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5.2. Committee Appointments
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5.3. Contract Approvals
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5.3.A. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to contract with MTW Solutions for the Grant Management System of the Department of Education
Speaker(s):
Jen Utemark
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5.3.B. Authorize the Commissioner to renew a contract with LINQ for Child Nutrition Programs
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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5.3.C. Authorize the Commissioner to amend the contract with Valentine Community Schools, Lexington Public Schools, and Nebraska City Public Schools for Nebraska’s AWARE-SEA-2.0 Grant Project
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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5.3.D. Authorize the Commissioner to renew the contract with the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) University of Massachusetts-Boston
Speaker(s):
Lindy Foley and Mary Kunes-Neary
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5.3.E. Authorize the Commissioner to contract with Heather Robbins dba Heather’s Behavior Support
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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5.4. Grant Approvals
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5.4.A. Authorize the Commissioner to approve amending a grant to the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children for the Child Care Wage$ program
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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5.5. Lease Approvals
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5.6. Minutes of the Previous State Board of Education Meeting
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5.7. Miscellaneous Approvals
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5.7.A. Authorize the Commissioner to approve the Veteran Education Cooperative Agreement for the fiscal year 2024
Speaker(s):
Marisol Birth and Brad Dirksen
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5.7.B. Authorize the Commissioner to continue to sub-grant ESSERs funds to the NDE Journey to Inclusion Project in partnership with SPED Strategies, LLC
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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5.7.C. Approve the renewal of the Educational Service Unit #3 Rule 11 teacher waiver
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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5.7.D. Approve the renewal of the Grand Island Public Schools Rule 11 teacher waiver
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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5.7.E. Authorize the Commissioner to accept the School community Engagement and Emerging practices in Nutrition (SEEN) project and enter into an agreement with USDA
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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5.7.F. Authorize the Commissioner to accept the Nebraska Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) Bipartisan Safe Communities Act Award and enter into Cooperative Agreement with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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5.7.G. Approve the 5th grade cut score as 1320
Speaker(s):
Trudy Clark
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6. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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6.1. Executive Committee
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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6.2. Budget and Finance Committee
Speaker(s):
Patsy Koch Johns
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6.2.A. Monthly Board Travel Expense Reports
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6.2.B. Action Item: 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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6.2.C. Action Item: Approve Request from School Districts for Payment of Half Their Total 2023/24 State Aid
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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6.2.D. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to approve medical consultant contract for the Office of Disability Determinations
Speaker(s):
Krysti Michl
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6.2.E. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to approve a new grant to ESU 7 for Prekindergarten through Grade 2 professional development
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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6.2.F. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to contract with The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Munroe-Meyer Institute to provide statewide external evaluation services for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Expanded Learning Opportunity Grant Program
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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6.2.G. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to approve McKinney-Vento grants for the 2023-24 school year
Speaker(s):
Ann Carmoney
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6.2.H. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to extend and expand the contract with the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation to augment the Nebraska Statewide Family Engagement Center and implement the Nebraska Growing Readers Project
Speaker(s):
Lane Carr
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6.2.I. Discussion Item: Review potential deficit budget items with the Board in preparation for an October Board agenda item to authorize the Commissioner to submit the Department’s deficit budget request for fiscal year 2023-24 (Staff Presentation)
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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6.3. Planning and Evaluation Committee
Speaker(s):
Deborah Neary
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6.3.A. Action Item: Approve the Priority School Progress Plan for Isanti Elementary School
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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6.3.B. Action Item: Approve the Priority School Progress Plan for Isanti High School
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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6.3.C. Action Item: Adopt the Alt ELPA cut scores
Speaker(s):
Allyson DenBeste and Trudy Clark
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6.3.D. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to amend the current 2021 ACT, Inc contract for statewide assessment services for the 2023-2024 school year
Speaker(s):
Trudy Clark
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6.3.E. Action Item: Approve the Rule 11 teacher waiver request from Scottsbluff Public Schools
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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6.3.F. Discussion Item: Approve Rule 11 teacher waiver request from Auburn Public Schools
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson and Kristine Luebbe
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6.4. Rules and Regulations Committee
Speaker(s):
Elizabeth Tegtmeier
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6.4.A. Report On Rules
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7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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8. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (The Board will hear Public Comment at or after 1:00 p.m.)
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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8.1. Public Comment
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8.2. Written Public Comment
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9. INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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9.1. Contracts Approved by Commissioner
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9.2. Grants Approved by Commissioner
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9.3. Annual Report of grants and contracts of less than $10,000 issued by the Department for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
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10. GOOD OF THE ORDER
This section of the agenda is intended for Board members to offer informal observations of the work of the State Board. Board members may make brief announcements about attendance at future events for the purpose of informing other Board members. No business or motions, or suggested actions of the Board may be offered at this point in the agenda; nor should Board members engage in substantive discussion about other agenda items or introduce new agenda items.
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
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11. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President Gubbels
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, October 6, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. in Gering, Nebraska. As needed, a work session will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2023 in Gering, Nebraska. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on August 31, 2023. 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/state-board-agendas/. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda will not be changed later than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting. |
