January 10, 2020 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. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.1. Request for 10-Minute Special Appearance
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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2.2. Public Comment (5 Minutes)
Speaker(s):
President Witzel
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3. 2020 ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.1. Election Process and Procedures
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.2. Election of Board President
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.3. Election of Board Vice President
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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3.4. Discuss Board Committee Membership
Speaker(s):
President
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4. BREAK (15 minutes)
Speaker(s):
President
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5. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT AND AGENDA OVERVIEW
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.1. Consent Agenda process
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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5.2. Report on Rules
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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5.3. Strategic Plan Report
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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5.4. Board Priorities and Policy Research
Speaker(s):
Ryan Foor
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6. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President
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6.1. Identify items for separate vote
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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6.2. Approve consent agenda
Speaker(s):
President
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6.3. Minutes of the previous State Board of Education meeting as published
Speaker(s):
President
Attachments:
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6.4. Miscellaneous
Speaker(s):
President
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6.4.A. Grant the Commissioner the authority to fund the Practice-Based Professional Development for Reading Project through the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
Attachments:
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6.5. Grants
Speaker(s):
President
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6.5.A. Grant the Commissioner the authority to accept sub-award 24-0116-005-102, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, in the amount of $774,390.00 (over a five-year period) and its terms and conditions.
Speaker(s):
Jolene Palmer
Attachments:
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6.6. Contracts
Speaker(s):
President
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6.6.A. Grant the Commissioner the authority to approve an amendment to the contract with ESU 9, state Regional Program for Deafness/Hard of Hearing
Speaker(s):
Teresa Coonts and Amy Rhone
Attachments:
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6.6.B. Grant the Commissioner the authority to contract with Student1 for IT support services
Speaker(s):
Matt Hastings
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6.6.C. Grant the Commissioner authority to amend an existing contract with Don’t Panic Labs
Speaker(s):
Dean Folkers and Matt Hastings
Attachments:
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Goals:
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6.7. Leases
Speaker(s):
President
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6.8. Committees
Speaker(s):
President
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7. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Speaker(s):
President
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7.1. Commissioner's recommendations and items to be removed from consent agenda
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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8. HEARINGS (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President
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9. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
President
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9.1. POTENTIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION (10:00 a.m.)
Speaker(s):
President
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9.2. Discussion on Board Listening Sessions
Speaker(s):
President
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9.3. Legislative Priorities
Speaker(s):
Deputy Commissioner Halstead
Attachments:
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9.4. Adopt the proposed revised Rule 91 (92 NAC 91), "Regulations Governing Driver Qualifications and Operational Procedures for Pupil Transportation Vehicles"
Speaker(s):
Bryce Wilson
Attachments:
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9.5. Consider the Settlement Agreement in NDE Case No. 19-33, Commissioner v. Brett Avila
Speaker(s):
Leslie Donley
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9.6. Consider the Settlement Agreement in NDE Case No. 20-01, Commissioner v. Seth Woodke
Speaker(s):
Leslie Donley
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10. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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10.1. Special Recognition
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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11. BOARD REPORTS, DATES AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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11.1. Meeting participation and joint meetings with policy partners
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
Attachments:
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11.2. Monthly Board Reports
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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11.2.C. Neary
Speaker(s):
President
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11.2.F. Timm
Speaker(s):
President
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11.3. Meetings that took place in the past and were not previously approved
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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11.3.A. Fricke (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President
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11.3.C. Neary (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President
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11.3.D. Nickels (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President
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11.3.F. Timm (NONE)
Speaker(s):
President
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11.4. Future Meeting participation
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
Attachments:
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11.5. Monthly Board Travel Expense Report
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
Attachments:
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12. INFORMATION ITEMS/WRITTEN REPORTS
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt and President
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12.1. Contracts approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
Attachments:
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12.2. Grants approved by Commissioner
Speaker(s):
Commissioner Blomstedt
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12.3. Contested Case Update
Speaker(s):
Scott Summers
Attachments:
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12.4. Information Item: Monthly List - Grants Under $50,000
Speaker(s):
Steve Milliken
Attachments:
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13. ADJOURNMENT
Speaker(s):
President
Rationale:
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the State Board of Education will be held on Friday, February 7, 2020, 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 as needed on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at a time to be determined 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 23, 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. |
