January 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM - State Board of Education Meeting Notification and Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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2.1. Approval of the minutes of the December 7-8, 2017 State Board of Education meeting as published
Speaker(s):
President Timm
Attachments:
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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3.1. Commissioner’s recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Timm
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4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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4.1. Request for Appearance
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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4.1.A. Nebraska Students Returning to the Classroom after a Brain Injury (10 minutes)
Speaker(s):
Sharon Royers, Retired OPS Administrator and Board Member for the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska
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4.2. Other Public Comment
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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5. COMMISSIONER’S REPORT AND AGENDA OVERVIEW
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.1. State of Nebraska Schools, Strategic Plan Discussion
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.2. Legislative Priorities
Speaker(s):
Deputy Commissioner Halstead
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5.3. Orientation
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.3.A. Annual policy and procedure orientation
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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5.4. Consent Agenda process
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.5. Report on Rules
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.6. Board Priorities and Policy Research
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
President Timm
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6.1. Discussion Item: Discuss process of the definition of civic-readiness
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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6.2. Discussion Item: Discuss proposed revisions to Rule 11 (92 NAC 11), Regulations for the Approval of Pre-Kindergarten Programs Established by School Boards or Educational Service Units and for the Issuance of Early Childhood Grants
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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7. 2018 ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Timm
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7.1. Election Process and Procedures
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Timm
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7.2. Election of Board President
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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7.3. Election of Board Vice President
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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7.4. Discuss Board Committee Membership
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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8. HEARINGS (NONE)
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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9. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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10. ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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10.1. Full Board
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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10.1.A. Action Item: Accept Legislative Committee report on legislative priorities
Speaker(s):
State Board President
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11. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.1. Identify items for separate vote
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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11.2. Approve consent agenda
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.3. Personnel Report
Speaker(s):
Joel Scherling
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11.4. Miscellaneous
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.5. Grants
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.5.A. Consent Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a continuation 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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11.6. Contracts
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.6.A. Consent Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve a contract renewal with the Emspace Group for continuation of the Step Up to Quality public engagement campaign
Speaker(s):
Melody Hobson
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11.6.B. Consent Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve an amendment with the University of Massachusetts, Boston for the evaluation of the Career Pathways Advancement Project (CPAP) and to assist Nebraska VR with the formative and summative evaluations, participate in quarterly meetings, make recommendations on modifications, and the potential for scale up of the CPAP project
Speaker(s):
Mark Schultz
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11.6.C. Consent Item: Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve an Amendment for to a contract with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) for staff augmentations services in support of the NDE project management activities
Speaker(s):
Matt Hastings
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11.7. Leases
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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11.8. Committees
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
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12. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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13. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSIONS ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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13.1. Meeting participation and joint meetings with policy partners
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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13.2. Discuss requests for meeting attendance
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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13.3. Monthly Board Travel Expense Report
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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13.4. Action Item: Meeting participation
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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14. INFORMATION ITEMS/WRITTEN REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and State Board of Education President
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14.1. Contracts approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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14.2. Grants approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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14.2.A. Nutrition Services Equipment Assistance Grant (EAG) Award Notifications
Speaker(s):
Sharon Davis and Diane Stuehmer
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15. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
State Board of Education President
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, February 2, 2018 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, February 1, 2018 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 December 19, 2017. 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. |
