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Public notice is hereby given that special presentations for informational purposes may take place during this session. |
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STATE BOARD PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES. Including, but not limited to, future meeting plans; agenda items; State Board office budget; staffing, appointments, and direction to staff; declaratory and commendatory resolutions; update on litigation; bylaw review and revision; review of the status of State Board-approved charter schools as necessary; and other matters of interest. |
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| PUBLIC COMMENT. Public Comment is invited on any matter not included on the printed agenda. Depending on the number of individuals wishing to address the State Board, the presiding officer may establish specific time limits on presentations. |
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Seminar Session on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). |
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4 |
No Child Left Behind. |
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5 |
Approval of Supplemental Educational Service Providers required by Section 1116(e) of No Child Left Behind Act of 2002.
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No Child Left Behind: Teacher requirements ("Highly Qualified Teacher") and measurable objectives.
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7 |
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title III Achievement Objectives and Accountability Requirements.
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8 |
Paraprofessional Requirements (No Child Left Behind).
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9 |
The California Mathematics and Science Partnership (CaMSP) Program authorized by Title II, Part B, No Child Left Behind Act. |
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10 |
Reading First Evaluation Contractor.
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INFORMATION |
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11 |
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR): Update on the Plan for Releasing California Standards Test (CST) Items. |
INFORMATION |
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12 |
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program: Approving an Amendment to the 2002-2004 STAR Contract with Educational Testing Services (ETS). |
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13 |
Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program: Including, but not limited to, Proposal for Revision of the STAR Parent Report. |
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14 |
California English Language Development Test (CELDT): Including, but not limited to, CELDT Program Update.
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15 |
California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE): Including, but not limited to, Discussion of the Report Required by AB 1609.
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INFORMATION |
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16 |
2003 Academic Performance Index (API) Modifications: Integrating Results from California's Standards-Based Tests in Science into the API; and, Similar Schools and the API Growth Report.
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INFORMATION |
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17 |
Entry requirements for alternatives schools participating in the Alternative Schools Accountability Model.
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18 |
Draft regulations for Administering, Scoring, and Reporting Locally Adopted Tests of Achievement for Use as Indicators in the Alternative Schools Accountability Model.
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19 |
Determining annual school performance for schools in the Alternative Schools Accountability Model. |
INFORMATION |
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20 |
Criteria for the selection of 2003-2004 School Assistance and Intervention Team (SAIT) Providers.
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21 |
High Priority Schools Grant Program - New Implementation Grant Awards. |
ACTION |
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22 |
Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program (AB 466) - Interim Report to the Legislature.
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ACTION |
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23 |
Approval of Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and Consortia applications for funding under the Principal Training Program (AB 75). |
ACTION |
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24 |
Approval of Training Providers for AB 75, The Principal Training Program.
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ACTION |
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25 |
Report of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.
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INFORMATION |
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26 |
School Campus Environmental Audit Tool.
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INFORMATION |
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27 |
Assignment of Numbers for Charter School Petitions. |
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28 |
2002-03 (and beyond) determination of funding requests from charter schools pursuant to Senate Bill 740 (Chapter 892, Statutes of 2001), specifically Education Code Sections 47612.5 and 47634.2. |
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29 |
Request by the KIPP Summit Academy Petitioners to Establish a New Deadline for Meeting State Board of Education Condition of Approval to Open. |
INFORMATION |
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30 |
Funding approval to provide (1) professional development courses in nutrition and food service management for child nutrition personnel and (2) instructional strategies and courses for child nutrition personnel and teachers. |
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31 |
Appointments to the Advisory Commission on Special Education and Advisory Commission on Charter Schools and, if necessary, Child Nutrition Advisory Council and Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission. |
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Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 8:00 a.m.± (Upon adjournment of Closed Session if held)
California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 1101,
Sacramento, California
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT (unless presented on the preceding
day)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Public notice is hereby given that special presentations for informational
purposes may take place during this session.
ITEMS DEFERRED FROM PRECEDING DAY
Any matters deferred from the previous day's session may be considered.
The State Board of Education will also consider and take action as appropriate on the following agenda items:
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32 |
Approval of 2002-2003 Consolidated Applications. |
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33 |
Direct request from the Tri-County SELPA to dissolve effective June 30, 2003, and instead form three separate, single-county SELPAs in Amador, Calaveras, and Tuolumne Counties effective July 1, 2003.
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* * * PUBLIC HEARING * * *
A public hearing on the following agenda item will commence at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter as the business of the State Board permits.
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34 |
Permanent Regulations for the Reading First Program. |
PUBLIC HEARING |
* * * END OF PUBLIC HEARING * * *
WAIVER REQUESTS
CONSENT MATTERS
The following agenda items include waivers and other administrative matters that California Department of Education (CDE) staff have identified as having no opposition and presenting no new or unusual issues requiring the State Board's attention.
GOLDEN STATE EXAMINATION
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WC-1 |
Request by various districts
to waive Education Code (EC) Section 51451, regarding
the method of qualifying this year's high school
seniors for a Golden State Seal Merit Diploma.
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ACTION |
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SUFFICIENCY (Audit Findings)
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WC-2 |
Request by five school districts
for a retroactive waiver of Education
Code (EC) Section 60119 regarding Annual
Public Hearing on the availability of textbooks or instructional
materials. These districts have audit findings for fiscal
year 2001-2002 that they 1) failed to hold the public
hearing, or 2) failed to properly notice (10 days) the public
hearing and/or 3) failed to post the notice in the required
three public places. |
ACTION |
MILLER-UNRUH READING SPECIALIST
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WC-3 |
Request by Firebaugh-Las
Deltas Unified School District for a renewal of
a waiver of Education Code (EC) 52859(b), the
prohibition of using funds coordinated under the School-based
Coordinated Program to pay for the local share costs associated
with the employment of a Miller-Unruh Reading Specialist. |
ACTION |
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WC-4 |
Request by Lawndale
Elementary School District for a renewal of a
waiver of Education Code (EC) 52859(b), the prohibition
of using funds coordinated under the School-based Coordinated
Program to pay for the local share of costs associated with
the employment of a Miller-Unruh Reading Specialist. |
ACTION |
RESOURCE SPECIALIST CASELOAD
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WC-5 |
Request by New Jerusalem
Elementary School District to waive Education
Code (EC) 56362(c) in order to allow the caseload of
the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of
28 students, but by no more than four students. For Resource
Specialist Elizabeth Miller assigned at New Jerusalem
Elementary School. |
ACTION |
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WC-6 |
Request by Las Virgenes
Unified School District to waive Education
Code (EC) Section 56362(c) in order to allow the caseload
of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload
of 28 students, but by no more than four students .
For Nathan Harding assigned at Round Meadow Elementary School. |
ACTION |
SUMMER SCHOOL STATE MEAL MANDATE (original)
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WC-7 |
Original r equest by five s
chool districts to waive Education Code Section
49550, the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
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ACTION |
SUMMER SCHOOL STATE MEAL MANDATE (renewal)
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WC-8 |
R equests by 51 school districts
to waive Education Code Section 49550, the State
Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
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ACTION |
STATE MEAL MANDATE (Saturday School Session)
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WC-9 |
Request by East Whittier
City School District to waive Education Code
49550, the State Meal Mandate during the Saturday
School session. |
ACTION |
NON-CONSENT (ACTION)
The following agenda items include waivers and other administrative matters that CDE staff have identified as having opposition, being recommended for denial, or presenting new or unusual issues that should be considered by the State Board. On a case by case basis public testimony may be considered regarding the item, subject to the limits set by the Board President or the President's designee; and action different from that recommended by CDE staff may be taken.
EQUITY LENGTH OF TIME
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W-1 |
Request by Fresno Unified
School District to waive Education Code (EC)
Section 37202, equity length of time requirement for
kindergarten students to allow full day kindergarten program
at Burroughs, Greenberg and Winchell Elementary
Schools.
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ACTION |
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W-2 |
Request by Conejo Valley
Unified School District to waive Education
Code (EC) Section 37202, the equity length of time
requirement for the kindergarten pupils at Cypress,
Madrona, Manzanita and Wildwood Elementary Schools. |
ACTION |
GRADE CLASS SIZE REDUCTION (Morgan-Hart)
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W-3 |
Request by Tamalpais
Union High School District to waive portions of
Education Code 52084(a) and 52086(a) 9 th Grade
Class Size Reduction (formerly Morgan-Hart), the requirement
for a 20:1 student to teacher ratio so that the district
may provide a 25:1 ratio across four core courses-English,
Math, Science and Social Studies. |
ACTION |
HIGH PRIORITY SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM
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W-4 |
Request by San Francisco
Unified School District for a waiver delaying
the timelines for the High Priority Schools Grant Program
(HPSGP) specified in Education Code (EC) Section
52052.610 (c)(4)(1) for the following schools: John O'Connell
High School and Starr King Elementary. |
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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FUND
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W-5 |
Petition request under Education
Code Section 60200(g) by Tulare County Office
of Education to purchase nonadopted Instructional
Resources for "special education students" using
Instructional Materials Fund (IMF) monies. (List attached).
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ACTION |
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W-6 |
Petition request under Education
Code Section 60421(d) 60200(g) by Belmont
Redwood Shores School District to purchase Instructional
Resources ( Everyday Mathematics , 2001 (K-5)
and 2002 (4-5) using Instructional Materials Funding
Realignment Program (IMFRP) monies. |
ACTION |
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PENALTY
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W-7 |
Request by Victor Valley
Union High School District for fiscal year 2001-2002
to waive Education Code ( EC ) Section
46202, the penalty for offering less time than what the
district offered in 1982-1983, at the seventh through eighth
grades at Hook Junior High School, Cobalt Middle School,
and Victor Valley Junior High School. |
ACTION |
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W-8 |
Request by Albany Unified
School District to waive Education Code
(EC) Section 46202(b), for falling below the 1982/83 offered
number of minutes at Albany Middle School during
the 2001-2002 fiscal year. |
ACTION |
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W-9 |
Request by Kerman Unified
School District to waive Education Code
(EC) Section 46201(d), the longer day instructional time
penalty for falling below the 1986/87 minutes and to waive
Education Code Section 46202(b), for falling below
the 1982/83 offered number of minutes in fiscal year 2001-2002. |
ACTION |
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS
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W-10 |
Request by Palo Alto
Unified School District for a renewal to waive
Education Code (EC) Sections 62002 (sunset provision)
and 52046(b)(3) in order to share and coordinate the use
of School Improvement funds between Palo Alto High School
and Henry Gunn High School. |
ACTION |
SUMMER SCHOOL STATE MEAL MANDATE
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W-11 |
Request by seven (7) school
districts to waive Education Code Section 49550,
the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session
under the specific waiver authority of Education Code
Section 49548.
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ACTION |
* * * PUBLIC HEARINGS * * *
Public hearings on each of the following agenda items will commence at 10:00 a.m. or thereafter as the business of the State Board permits.
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35 |
Environmental Effect of Proposed Formation of Turlock Joint Unified School District from Turlock Joint Elementary School District and Turlock Joint Union High School District in Stanislaus County. |
PUBLIC HEARING |
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36 |
Proposed Formation of Turlock Joint Unified School District from Turlock Joint Elementary School District and Turlock Joint Union High School District in Stanislaus County. |
PUBLIC HEARING ACTION |
* * * END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS * * *
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37 |
Legislative Update: Including, but not limited to, information on legislation.
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INFORMATION |
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38 |
Permanent Regulations Regarding Funding Determinations for Charter Schools Offering Nonclassroom-based Instruction Pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 740 (Chapter 892, Statutes of 2001).
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ACTION |
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING |
For more information concerning this agenda, please contact Rae Belisle, Executive Director of the California State Board of Education, or Deborah Franklin, Education Policy Consultant, at 1430 N Street, Room 5111, Sacramento, Ca, 95814; telephone (916) 319-0827; fax (916) 319-0175. To be added to the speaker's list, please fax or mail your written request to the above referenced address/fax number. This agenda is posted on the State Board of Education's Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/
