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Greetings!
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its quarterly Committee of the Whole and School Innovation and Turnaround Committee meeting to discuss RSD matters only on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Sophie B. Wright Learning Academy.
BESE will conduct its regular monthly Committee Meetings on Thursday, March 7, 2013, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The Board will have its regular monthly Board Meeting the following day, Friday, March 8, 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. Those meetings will be held in The Louisiana Purchase Room (Room 1-100) of the Claiborne Building, 1201 North Third Street, Baton Rouge 70802.
Back-up documentation and detailed explanations for agenda items for any of the meetings can be accessed by clicking on the "Meetings" tab here.
***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*** |
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FEB. 27- COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (RSD MATTERS ONLY)
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Committee of the Whole
Received and discussed reports, heard public comment and took action as indicated
- Approved specified RSD contracts and leases over $50,000
- Mainly involved amendments to architectural fees for Master Plan projects, two of which would involve use of the "design build" project delivery system
- Received the update report on Capital Projects through December 31, 2012
- Considered four actions regarding the RSD Early Head Start (EHS) Program
- Received status report
- Approved hiring an EHS social worker
- Approved recommended updating of policies and procedures
- Approved amending scope of services to allow a hybrid model of delivery - some providers are outside Head Start centers and some are RSD schools with programs on school campus
- Approved appointments to Master Plan Oversight Committee
- Directed Oversight Committee to meet by April 1
- Heard several speakers express concerns over DBE involvement in the Wheatley project being less than 3%
- Heard RSD promise to improved DBE participation
- Heard several speakers complain about lack of progress on Carver project
- Received RSD presentation on OneApp New Orleans Enrollment Process for 2013-2014
- RSD reported on the first year process and on changes in the process for the second year
- Heard several speakers protest the manner in which Landry HS and Walker HS were being merged
- Heard parental concerns about special education in OneApp - by keeping exceptionalities out of the OneApp process to prevent schools from screening out special education students there is the collateral effect of parents of exceptional children not knowing enough about the specific ways individual schools can meet their children's specific needs - also that schools accepting vouchers were screening out special education students
- Heard two speakers oppose the closing of Mays Charter
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MARCH 7 COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS
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- Removal of provisional approval for College of Education at Southern U
- Alternate Educational Leadership Program at Louisiana College
- Teacher education programs at Xavier U
Administration and Finance Committee - 9:30 a.m.
- Audit reports
- Consideration of recommended BESE, LDE and RSD leases and contracts
- 8(g) monitor visiting reports
- Required legislative reports
- MFP formula for FY2013-2014
- Federal and State grant allocations
- Early Childhood and Birth-12 Literacy Program
- BESE Budget
- Position statements for 2013 Legislative Session
- Proposed reorganization of LDOE
Academic Goals and Instructional Improvement Committee - 1:00 p.m.
- Annual Career Options Law Evaluation Report
- Nonpublic School Academic Classifications
- Status report on Special Education Advisory Panel
- Repealing Bulletin 124, Supplemental Educational Services
- Public comments on revisions to Bulletin 135, Health and Safety
School Innovation and Turnaround Committee - Not meeting
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MARCH 8 BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
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Board Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
- Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund - 8(g)
- Items from Committee meetings
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