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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


The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has announced its Monthly Committee and Board Meetings for Tuesday, October 15, and Wednesday, October 16. All meetings are to be held at the following location:
Claiborne Building
Room 1-100, The Louisiana Purchase Room
1201 North Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Meeting agendas and background information can be read by clicking on the respective meeting titles below. Meetings may be convened up to 30 minutes before the posted times in order to facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

 

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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***
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15

Administration and Finance Committee - 8:30 a.m.

  • New Type 2 charter approvals 
  • Revisions to Bulletin 134, Tuition Donation Rebate Program, to align with statutory requirements
  • Revisions to Bulletin 133, Scholarship Programs, to reflect a technical change to the audit timeline
  • Teacher exit survey results
  • Reinstatement of Loyola University's secondary education undergraduate degree programs
  • Delay in UNO's NCATE visit
  • iteachLOUISIANA's Educational Leader Practitioner Program
  • Compass Value-Added Model - various issues 
  • Revisions to Bulletin 746, Louisiana Standards for State Certification of School Personnel, to reflect new Praxis exams required for Louisiana licensure
  • Waiver to the End-of-Course test grading policy contained in Bulletin 741, 
    Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators
  • Status report regarding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and accompanying PARCC assessments, including the technology requirements of school systems and the implications of halting the transition to Common Core State Standards
  • Report on high school graduation rates
  • Louisiana's decision not to apply for a Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant.
  • Alternative school applications for 2013-14
    • Annual Report
    • Youth Study Center
    • NET Alternative HS
    • Alternative Learning Institute
  • Revisions to Bulletin 741, Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators and Nonpublic Bulletin 741,Louisiana Handbook for Nonpublic School Administrators, to reflect a technical change in the instructional minute requirement
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16
Full Board - 9 a.m.
  • Action on Committee reports
  • Reports from advisory councils
    • 8(g) Advisory Council
    • Non-Public School Council
    • Superintendent's Advisory Council
  •  Accountability bonus points
  • Others items TBD
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