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Tuesday, December 4 Committee Meetings
Wednesday, December 5 Board Meeting

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This email is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the RSD, BESE, nor any other state agency

Greetings!


The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hold its monthly committee meetings on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Meetings may be convened up to 30 minutes earlier than posted times in order to facilitate the orderly flow of business.

The Board will have its regular monthly Board Meeting the following day, Wednesday, December 5, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

All meetings will be held The Louisiana Purchase Room (Room 1-100) of the Claiborne Building, 1201 North Third Street, Baton Rouge.

The agendas for all of the meetings can be found here.  

 

BESE generally posts on its website the detailed back-up information regarding each agenda item a few days before the meetings.

 

RSDigest has highlighted below those agenda items that might be of particular local interest.

 


***This email is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the RSD, BESE, nor any other state agency***
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4 COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Educator Effectiveness Committee - 9:00 a.m.

  • Policy revisions regarding invalidation of teacher evaluations due to extenuating circumstances
  • Due process consideration on certain specific teacher certification cases

Academic Goals and Instructional Improvement Committee - 9:30 a.m.

  • Requests from LEAs for waivers of Bulletin 1706, Regulations for Implementation of the Children with Exceptionalities Act, with respect to regulations for Gifted and Talented students
  • Report on K-3 student reading ability
  • Early Childhood and Education Network-Framework
  • Course providers for the Course Choice Program
  • Community Service Diploma Endorsement
  • Updating testing practices and aligning achievement level descriptors to Common Core standards
  • New Bulletin 135, Health and Safety
  • Updating and streamlining policies related to school and district decisions  

Administration and Finance Committee - 12:30 p.m.

  • Consideration of recommended BESE, LDE and RSD contracts
  • 8(g) grants for FY2012-2013
  • Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Programs ("vouchers")
  • MFP formula
  • Federal and State grants and their allocations
  • Waiver of RSD Procurement Policy  

School Innovation and Turnaround Committee - 1:00 p.m.

  • Type 2 charter applications from 2012 RFA
  • Type 5 charter applications from 2012 RFA and State Superintendent's recommendation
  • Extensions of contracts for BESE-authorized charters based on third-year reviews and others in their renewal year
  • Revisions to Bulletin 126, Charter Schools, to clarify enrollment preferences and lottery exemptions for charters
  • New Bulletin 134, Tuition Donation Rebate Program
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 BOARD MEETING

Board Meeting, Wednesday, December 5 - 9:00 a.m.

  • Items from Committee meetings
  • Election of Board Officers for 2013
  • Executive Session regarding OPSB employee litigation
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