January 10, 2025 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
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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. Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council (ESUCC) Information
Speaker(s):
Larianne Polk
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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 Lindsey Wilson, 2025 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Middle School Teacher at Bennington Middle School, Bennington, Nebraska
Speaker(s):
Lindsey Wilson, 2025 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, Bennington Middle School, Bennington
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4. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Speaker(s):
President
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5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President
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5.1. Public Comment
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5.2. Written Public Comment
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6. CONSENT AGENDA
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President
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6.1. Board Member Out-of-State Travel Approval
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6.2. Committee Appointments
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6.3. Contract Approvals
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6.4. Grant Approvals
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6.5. Lease Approvals
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6.6. Minutes of the Previous State Board of Education Meeting
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6.7. Miscellaneous Approvals
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7. ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
Speaker(s):
President
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8. INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS
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President
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8.1. Monthly Board Travel Expense Reports (Budget and Finance Committee)
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8.2. Review In-State Travel Authorizations (Budget and Finance Committee)
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8.3. Information Item: Implementation of the Computer Science and Technology Education Fund (Budget and Finance Committee)
Speaker(s):
Katie Graham
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8.4. Information Item: Funding recommendations for school districts and educational service units to support schools in delivering mental health training for staff (Budget and Finance Committee)
Speaker(s):
Zainab Rida
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8.5. Information Item: Approve Rule 11 teacher waiver request from Lincoln Public Schools (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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8.6. Information Item: Approve Rule 11 teacher waiver request from Schuyler Public Schools (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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8.7. Information Item: Approve the waiver request for the Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility (NCYF) to waive the requirements found in Rule 10, Section 007.04A in accordance with the waiver provisions in Rule 10, Section 013.01 (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Decua Jean-Baptiste
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8.8. Information Item: Approve the waiver request from the Niobrara Public Schools to waive the requirements found in Rule 10, Section 007.04B (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Decua Jean-Baptiste
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8.9. Information Item: Approve the waiver request from the Niobrara Public Schools to waive the requirements found in Rule 10, Section 007.05D (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Decua Jean-Baptiste
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8.10. Information Item: Approve the Pilot Process for conducting clinical observations virtually for the University of Nebraska Kearney (Planning and Evaluation Committee)
Speaker(s):
Brad Dirksen and Jim Kent
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8.11. Report on Rules (Rules and Regulations Committee)
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8.12. Contracts Approved by Commissioner
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8.13. Grants Approved by Commissioner
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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 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska. As needed, a work session will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2025 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The agenda contains a list of subjects known at the time of its distribution on January 27, 2025. 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. |
