SBE Work Session May 14, 2008 -
5/14/2008 9:00:00 AM
Colorado Department of Education
201 E.
Colfax Ave. Room 101
Denver, CO 80203 |
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Pamela Jo Suckla, Chairman, 3rd Congressional District
Bob Schaffer, Vice-Chairman, 4th Congressional District
Elaine Gantz Berman, 1st Congressional District
Randy DeHoff, 6th Congressional District
Evie Hudak, 2nd Congressional District
Peggy Littleton, 5th Congressional District
Jane Goff, 7th Congressional District
Dwight Jones, Commissioner & Secretary to the
State Board of Education
Mary Frances Nevans, Director of State Board Relations
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I. 9:00
Welcome |
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II. SBE Reports |
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III. 9:30 CDE Reports |
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Communications Office Report |
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SBE Office Report | | Mary
Frances Nevans will provide a draft calendar for 2008-2009. |
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IV. 9:45 CDE Reports |
1.
Presentation by the Colorado Special
Education Advisory Committee | | CSEAC
reported to the State Board of Education in October 2007.
This presentation is an update following that presentation
and will consist of a report on this year's CSEAC
activities. |
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Presentation by Troops to Teachers | | Troops
to Teachers is a national organizations that works with
personnel who are separating from military service to become
teachers. They have an emphasis on filling hard-to-staff
positions such as teachers of special education, math and
science. At the board meeting the Colorado Troops to
Teachers, Mr. Futoso Chavez, Teacher of the Year, will do a
brief presentation on why he became a teacher and why he was
selected as the Teacher of the Year. |
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V. 10:30 Morning break |
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VI. 10:45 CDE Reports |
1.
Appointment of (3) members to the
"Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board"
established in HB08-1335 (Building Excellent Schools Today-BEST) | HB08-1338
creates a (9) member Public School Capital Construction
Assistance Board at CDE. (3) members are to be appointed by
the Governor and (3) members are to be appointed by the
General Assembly. The State board appoints (3) members from
different areas of the state and from urban, suburban, and
rural school districts with demonstrated experience
regarding school facility issues and shall include:
A (1) member who is a school district board member at the time of
appointment;
B (1) member who is a public school superintendent or administrator at the
time of appointment or has recent experience;
C (1) member who is a school facilities planner or manager at the time of
appointment or has recent experience.
The function of the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board is
to protect the health and safety of students, teachers, and
other persons using public school facilities and maximize
student achievement by ensuring that the condition and
capacity of public school facilities are sufficient to
provide a safe and uncrowded environment that is conducive
to students' learning. The Public School Capital
Construction Assistance Board is required to:
· Establish public school facility construction guidelines for use by the
board in assessing and prioritizing public school capital
construction needs, reviewing applications for financial
assistance, and making recommendations to the state board
regarding appropriate allocation of financial assistance;
· Conduct or contract for a financial assistance priority assessment of
public school facilities throughout the state;
· Annually submit a prioritized list of public school facility capital
construction projects recommended for financial assistance
to the State Board.
The General Assembly has sent HB08-1335 to the Governor for signature and
the following appointments are recommended contingent upon
the Governor signing the bill into law.
School board member: Timothy White, Douglas County Re-1;
Superintendent: Gregory Randall, Plateau Valley 50;
Facility Manager: Michael Maloney, Colorado Springs 11.
A bio for each appointee and a brief explanation for each appointment are
attached. |
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2.
An Overview of CDE's Early Childhood
Team | This
presentation will focus on the programs, services, and
supports connected to CDE's Early Childhood Team. We will
also talk about the potential impact of the 2008 legislative
session on this work.
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3.
Emergency Rules for the Administration
of the School Counselor Corps Grant Program | Pursuant
to HB 08-1370, the School Counselor Corps Grant Program
(22-90-101 through 22-90-106, C.R.S.) requires the State
Board of Education to promulgate rules which include, but
are not limited to: the timeline for submitting applications
to the Department; the form of the grant application and any
information in addition to that specified in section
22-90-104 (2), C.R.S. to be included in the application; any
criteria for awarding grants in addition to those specified
in section 22-90-104 (3), C.R.S.; and any information to be
included in the Department's program report in addition to
that required in section 22-90-106, C.R.S.
The emergency rules, if adopted by the Board, will become effective
immediately and will expire on or about August 15, 2008.
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VII. 12:00 Lunch Executive Session |
Over lunch, the State Board of Education will convene an
Executive Session to address personnel matters in accordance
with § 24-6-402(3)(b)(I),C.R.S. This session is closed to the
public.
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VIII. 1:00 CDE Reports |
1.
Graduation Guidelines Council Report to
the State Board of Education | The
Governor's Graduation Guidelines Council will orally present
its recommendations for minimum high school graduation
guidelines in support of the Council's guidelines paper due
to the SBE on May 1st, 2008.
Jo O'Brien and Members of the Graduation Guidelines Council will Present the
Council's Report to the State Board. Members of the Council
in attendance will include: Mark Hudson, Kerry Lord, Karin
Reynolds, Paula Stephenson, Randy Zila, Art Bogardus, John
Lanning, and Shatta Mejia. |
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Establishment of Fees for Licensing
Program | | The
Educator Licensing Act of 1991 authorizes the State Board of
Education (SBE) to annually establish the evaluation fees
for licenses, authorizations, certificates and endorsements.
The proposed fee increase will enable the Office of
Professional Services to meet the expectations outlined in
HB 08-1344. |
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IX. 2:00 Afternoon Break |
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X. 2:15 CDE Reports |
1.
Overview of Alliance for Quality
Teaching 2008 Report | | Ms.
Paone will provide the State Board with an overview of the
Alliance for Quality Teaching 2008 report - "Shining the
Light II: State of Teacher Quality, Attrition and Diversity
in Colorado." |
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Legislation | | Ms.
Barkis will give an overview of recent legislative
activities and will provide the State Board with a
memorandum containing the State Board's new statutory
responsibilities resulting from this year's legislation. |
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3.
Clarification of Operating Procedures |
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XI. 5:00 Issues and Trends |
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XII. Adjourn |
