The State Board will meet in regular session beginning at 8:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 20, 2003 in the Board Conference Room, Capitol Building 6, Room 353. President Howard M.Persinger, Jr., will preside.
FEBRUARY AGENDA
8:30 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
CEREMONIAL OATH OF OFFICE Priscilla M. Haden Sheila M. Hamilton Lloyd G. Jackson, II RECOGNITIONS
DELEGATIONS
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
OFFICE OF EDUCATION PERFORMANCE AUDITS (OEPA) • Multi-County Vocational-Technical Center Accreditation Status Based on Second Follow-up Education Performance Audit for the James Rumsey Technical Institute • Draft Education Performance Audit for Buckhannon-Upshur Intermediate School, Upshur County • Draft Education Performance Audit for Big Elm Elementary School, Harrison County • Revised Unified School Improvement Plans • Updated Unified County Improvement Plans • Policy 2320: A Process for Improving Education - Performance Based Accreditation System
SUPERINTENDENT’S INFORMATION
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ∙ Approval of Minutes January 8, 2003 January 9, 2003 January 27, 2003
∙ Routine Business County Boards of Education, RESAs, and Multi-County Vocational Centers Budget Supplement and Transfer Requests for 02-03 Year Boone County Closure/Consolidation Fayette County Closure/Consolidation/Reconfiguration Mingo County Closure/Consolidation/Reconfiguration Raleigh County Closures/Consolidations/Reconfigurations Amendment - Tyler County Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan Amendment - Wayne County Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan Marion County Waiver - Policy 6200 Hampshire County Waiver - Policy 6204 Putnam County Waiver - Policy 6204 Inspection of Schools – Calhoun - Calhoun County Middle/High; Clay - Clay County Elementary; Clay County Middle; Clay County High; Harrison - Nutter Fort Primary/Intermediate; Marshall - Cameron High; Moundsville Junior High; Mingo - Matewan Elementary; Riverside Elementary; Preston - Valley Elementary; Aurora School; Preston High; Randolph - Elkins High; Tygarts Valley High
Personnel ∙ New Business ∙ Waivers of State Board of Education Policies and Regulations, Superintendent’s Interpretations and State Statutes and Legislative Rules ∙ Waiver of Principal Leadership Academy Attendance ∙ Senate Bill 227, WV Code §18A-4-7a, Transfer of Teachers After Five Days Prior to Starting Instruction ∙ Employment of Substitute Professionals in Areas of Critical Need ∙ Agreement Between West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and Greenbrier Audiology & Hearing Aid Services
NEW BUSINESS ∙ Policy 2417 - English Language Proficiency Standards of Learning (Pre-K-12) ∙ Notice, Request, and Instruction to Vendors of Instructional Materials ∙ Appointment of Monitor for Enslow Middle School ∙ 2003 State Plan for Implementation of the Summer Food Service Program
OLD BUSINESS ∙ Policy 2520.1 - Reading and English Language Arts Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools ∙ Policy 2520.2 - Mathematics Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools ∙ Policy 2520.3 - Science Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools ∙ Policy 2520.4 - Social Studies Content Standards and Objectives for West Virginia Schools ∙ Policy 2515 - Uniform Grading System ∙ Recommendations for 2003-04 Additional West Virginia Goals and Objectives for Professional Development
REPORTS ∙ Instructional Materials Depository ∙ Grammar for All ∙ Distance Learning ∙ Legislative Update
MISCELLANEOUS ∙ 2003 Travel Schedule
LEGAL/PERSONNEL MATTERS
FUTURE MEETINGS
ADJOURNMENT