(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- The Kentucky Board of Education will meet Wednesday and Thursday, August 6 and 7, in the State Board Room on the first floor of the Capital Plaza Tower in Frankfort.
On Wednesday, the board's Performance Judgment Appeals Panel will meet in closed session beginning at 8:30 a.m. The full board will meet at 9 a.m., with committee meetings beginning at 9:30 a.m. The full board will reconvene at 1 p.m., with committee meetings continuing at 3:15 p.m. On Thursday, the full board will meet beginning at 9 a.m.
On Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., the board will present its annual Joseph P. Kelly Award to a businessperson who has shown outstanding support for education.
Agenda items include discussion of issues related to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, reports on the Kentucky Education Technology System and status reports on the Kentucky School for the Deaf and Kentucky School for the Blind.
An agenda follows.
KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
AUGUST 6-7, 2003
STATE BOARD ROOOM
FIRST FLOOR, CAPITAL PLAZA TOWER
FRANKFORT KENTUCKY
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING
PERFORMANCE JUDGMENT APPEALS PANEL
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
(Closed Session)
BUSINESS SESSION
FULL BOARD
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of minutes from the May 14-15, 2003, annual retreat and June 4-5, 2003, regular meeting
IV. Report of the Secretary of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet
V. Report of the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education
VI. Report from the Pre-K to 16 Council
VII. Report of the Commissioner of Education
VIII. Introduction of KET Executive Director
IX. "Good News" from schools/districts
X. Board member concerns
XI. Information Items
A. KDE Employment Report
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
XII. Assessment and Accountability Committee
A. Action/Discussion Items
1. Emergency Approval of Regulations to Create a Two-Dimensional Assessment and Accountability System for Kentucky
2. NCLB English Language Proficiency Standards, Baseline Data, and Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
B. Review Items
1. Calendar of Agenda Items for Assessment and Accountability Committee
XIII. KSB/KSD Committee
A. Action/Consent Items
1. Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) Advisory Board Appointments
B. Review Items
1. History, background, facilities, budget, and current status of Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) and Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) and purpose/responsibility of the KSB/KSD Committee
2. Calendar of Agenda Items for KSB/KSD Committee
PRESENTATION OF JOSEPH W. KELLY AWARD
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
LUNCHEON TO HONOR JOSEPH W. KELLY AWARD WINNER
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
BUSINESS SESSION
FULL BOARD
1:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. (EDT)
XIV. Full Board Items
A. Implementation of KETS in Kentucky schools – Kevin Noland and David Couch; 10 minute presentation/10 minute discussion
B. Approval of Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) FY04 Unmet Need for LEAs – Kevin Noland and David Couch; 10-minute presentation/10-minute discussion
C. KETS Implementation Plan – Kevin Noland and David Couch; 15-minute presentation/15-minute discussion
D. Floyd County Request for Status Change from State-Managed to State-Assisted – Linda France and Kyna Koch; 15-minute presentation/20-minute discussion
E. Hearing Officer's Report – Kevin Noland; 10-minute presentation/discussion
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
XV. Curriculum Committee
A. Review Items
1. Status Report on GEAR-UP Kentucky (GUK)
2. Occupational Skill Standards Implementation
3. Reading First Update
4. Calendar of Agenda Items for Curriculum Committee
XVI. Management Committee
A. Action/Consent Items
1. 2002-2003 Local district tax rates levied
2. Local district facility plans: Ballard, Barren, Garrard, Ohio, Simpson Counties and Bardstown and Russellville Independents
Local district facility plan amendments: Butler, Clay, Muhlenberg and Wayne Counties
B. Action/Discussion Items
1. Proposed resolution to eliminate the reduced category of meals from the Kentucky School Food Service Association
C. Review Items
1. Repeal of 704 KAR 7:060, Missing Children's Program
2. Covington update
3. Follow-up information on Title IX deficiencies for schools audited during the 2002-2003 school year
4. Calendar of Agenda Items for Management Committee
RECESS
COMMISSIONER'S EVALUATION
7:00 p.m.( EDT)
CAPITAL PLAZA HOLIDAY INN
(CLOSED SESSION, NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN)
Thursday, August 7, 2003
BUSINESS SESSION
FULL BOARD
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon (EDT)
XVII. Full Board Items
A. National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) 2002 Reading and Writing Data Release - Gene Wilhoit, Linda France and Scott Trimble; 10-minute presentation/15-minute discussion
B. SEEK Adequacy Options – Linda France and Kyna Koch; 20-minute presentation/20-minute discussion
C. 2004 Legislative Agenda of the Kentucky Board of Education– Kevin Noland and Bonnie Brinly; 10-minute presentation/15-minute discussion;
D. Proposed Framework for a Research Agenda for Agency Policy Decision-Making – Gene Wilhoit; 10-minute presentation/10-minute discussion
XVIII. Assessment and Accountability Committee Report
XIX. KSB/KSD Committee Report
XX. Curriculum Committee Report
XXI. Management Committee Report
XXII. Performance Judgment Appeals Panel Report
LUNCH
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
BUSINESS SESSION
FULL BOARD
1:00 p.m. – Adjournment (EDT)
XXIII. Internal Board Business
XXIV. Litigation Report
XXV. Commissioner's Evaluation (Closed Session)
XXVI. Adjournment
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