November 8, 2019 at 9:00 AM - State Board of Education Meeting Notification and Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.1. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.2. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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1.3. Announcement of the placement of the Open Meetings Act information
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.1. Identify items for separate vote
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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2.2. Approve consent agenda
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.3. Minutes of the previous State Board of Education meeting as published
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
Attachments:
()
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2.4. Personnel Report
Speaker(s):
Joel Scherling
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2.5. Miscellaneous
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.5.A. Approve school districts’ requests for exclusions to the budget limitation in accordance with the provisions of the Tax Equity & Educational Opportunities Support Act
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
Attachments:
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2.5.B. Approve the listed estimated dollar allocations for payment of special education programs, transportation, residential services and Interim School Programs in 2019-20
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken and Greg Prochazka
Attachments:
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2.5.C. Authorize the Commissioner to approve of NDE staff’s model MOUs between school districts and law enforcement and school districts and security agencies
Speaker(s):
Jolene Palmer and Scott Summers
Attachments:
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2.6. Grants (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.7. Contracts
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.7.A. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve an amendment to the contract with ESU #10 to update and correct the way the website/database tracks data so that the data is in line with the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) reporting requirements
Speaker(s):
Tobias Orr
Attachments:
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2.7.B. Grant the commissioner the authority to contract with ESU 2 to oversee the development of the framework for Computer Science and Technology Youth Registered Apprenticeships in the state
Speaker(s):
Katie Graham
Attachments:
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2.8. Leases (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.9. Committees (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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3.1. Commissioner's recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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4.1. Request for 10-Minute Special Appearance
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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4.1.A. Social Studies Standards (10 minutes)
Speaker(s):
Former Secretary of State John Gale
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4.2. Public Comment (5 Minutes)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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5. HEARINGS (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6. ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6.1. EXECUTIVE SESSION (10:00 a.m.)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6.2. Consider the Hearing Officer's Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommended Decision affirming the Respondent School District's decision to NDE Enrollment Option Case No. 19-19, Fuller v. Deshler Public Schools
Speaker(s):
Scott Summers
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6.3. Consider the Hearing Officer’s Recommended Decision In the Matter of the Appeal of Benjamin Coleman, NDE Case No. 19-18
Speaker(s):
Leslie Donley
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6.4. Policy Committee
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.4.A. Reaffirm State Board Policy P1, Political Activities/Use of Resources
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
Attachments:
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6.4.B. Adopt 2020 State Board of Education meeting schedule
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.5. Legislative Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
Vice President Nickels
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6.6. Commissioner's Appraisal Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
Patricia Timm
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6.7. AQuESTT - Teaching and Learning Domain Committee
Speaker(s):
Lisa Fricke
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6.7.A. Nebraska Social Studies Standards
Speaker(s):
Cory Epler and Harris Payne
Attachments:
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6.8. AQuESTT - Student Success and Access Domain Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
Patsy Koch Johns
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6.9. Budget and Finance Committee (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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6.10. Strategic Planning, Performance, and Improvement Committee
Speaker(s):
Rachel Wise
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6.10.A. Approve the waiver request from North Platte Public Schools to waive the requirements found in Rule 10, Section 007.04A
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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7. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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7.1. State Leadership Playbook Discussion (Conference Room B)
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and Ryan Foor
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8. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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8.1. Meetings that took place in the past and were not previously approved
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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8.1.C. Neary (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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8.1.F. Timm (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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8.2. Future Meeting participation
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
Attachments:
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9. INFORMATION ITEMS/WRITTEN REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President Witzel
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9.1. Contracts approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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9.2. Grants approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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9.3. Updated Contested Cases
Speaker(s):
Scott Summers
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9.4. Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) Annual Report
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
Attachments:
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 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 Monday, December 9, 2019 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 October 31, 2019. 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. |
