January 5, 2024 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
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President
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2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Speaker(s):
President
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2.1. Jacob Eitzen, 2023-2024 Nebraska Milken Educator, at the time of the award, an 11th/12th Grade AP Statistics and Algebra 2 Teacher, Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, Nebraska
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher, President, and Jacob Eitzen
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2.2. Leslie McIntosh, 2023-2024 Nebraska Milken Educator, at the time of the award, a 5th Grade Reading/English Language Arts (ELA) Teacher, Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Middle School, Syracuse, Nebraska
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Maher, President, and Leslie McIntosh
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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. Introduction of Scott Phillips, 2024 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Math teacher, Aurora Middle School, Aurora, Nebraska
Speaker(s):
Scott Phillips, 2024 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, 7th Grade Math Teacher, Aurora Middle School, Aurora, Nebraska
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3.3. Review Process for Developing Content Area Standards
Speaker(s):
Allyson DenBeste
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4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
President
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5. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President
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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 contract with the Children’s Nebraska-Community Health & Advocacy Center to support the development of training and professional development in the area of health services and behavioral health topics best practices
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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5.4. Grant Approvals
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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. Appoint a Hearing Officer in NDE Case No. 23-35, Storms v. Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Leslie Donley
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6. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President
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6.1. Executive Committee
Speaker(s):
Patti Gubbels
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6.1.A. Action Item: Adopt revisions to Board Bylaws
Speaker(s):
Patti Gubbels
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6.1.B. Action Item: Adopt revisions to Board Operating Policies
Speaker(s):
Patti Gubbels
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6.1.C. Action Item: Adopt revisions to Agency Management Policies
Speaker(s):
Patti 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: Authorize the Commissioner to contract with a Vendor to aid in the building and development of a Learning Management System (LMS), and construction of an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida and Jay Martin
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6.2.C. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to approve a grant to the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation to continue the Nurturing Healthy Behaviors/Rooted in Relationships program
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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6.2.D. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to contract with WestEd to conduct a Nebraska Middle School CTE Landscape Analysis
Speaker(s):
Katie Graham and Sydney Kobza
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6.3. Planning and Evaluation Committee
Speaker(s):
Deborah Neary
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6.3.A. Action Item: Authorize the Commissioner to approve the Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation (Nebraska VR) portion of the WIOA Combined State Plan
Speaker(s):
Lindy Foley
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6.3.B. Discussion Item: Engage in discussion and provide updates on Nebraska’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan amendment
Speaker(s):
Lane Carr
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6.3.C. Discussion Item: Discuss extension of NWEA contract to 2024-2025
Speaker(s):
Trudy Clark
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6.3.D. Discussion Item: Discuss extension of Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) contract to 2024-2025
Speaker(s):
Trudy Clark
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6.3.E. Discussion Item: Approve Rule 11 teacher waiver request for Franklin Public Schools
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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6.3.F. Discussion Item: Discuss the proposed Computer Science and Technology standards
Speaker(s):
Katie Graham
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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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6.4.B. Action Item: Approve and adopt proposed revisions to Rule 58 (92 NAC 58) Regulations for Security-Related Infrastructure Grants
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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6.4.C. Action Item: Approve and adopt proposed revisions to Rule 59 (92 NAC 59) Regulations for School Health and Safety
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Speaker(s):
President
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8. INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS
Speaker(s):
President
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8.1. Contracts Approved by Commissioner
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8.2. Grants Approved by Commissioner
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8.3. Written Public Comment
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9. 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
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, February 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska. As needed, a work session will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2024 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on December 22, 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. |
