UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

AGENDA

Date:           Friday, November 6, 2009 

Time:          8:00 a.m. 

Break:         10:00 a.m.

                     Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

                     Executive Session: 1:30 p.m.

Place:          Board Rooms

                     Utah State Office of Education

                     250 East Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. (500 South)

                     Salt Lake City, Utah

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8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.

1.       WELCOME - Issue of the Month

8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.

2.       Public Participation/Comment

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

3.       Board Committee Meetings

          A.       Student Achievement & School Success Committee

                     Second Floor North, Conference Room 241

                     1.          ACTION: Sharing of Curriculum Materials by Public School

                                   Educators, R277-111                                                                                          Tab 1

                     2.          ACTION: K-2 Social Studies Core Curriculum, New                                  Tab 2

                     3.          INFORMATION: 2009 Direct Writing Assessment Results                    Tab 3

                     4.          INFORMATION: National Assessment of Educational

                                   Progress Math Data 2008 Review                                                                  Tab 4

          B.       Law & Policy Committee

                     First Floor South Conference Room #156

                     5.          ACTION: Boulder School (Garfield School District) Four-day

                                   School Week                                                                                                          Tab 5

                     6.          DISCUSSION/INFORMATION: Utah Schools for the Deaf and

                                   Blind (USDB) Advisory Council Bylaws                                                        Tab 6

                     7.          DISCUSSION/INFORMATION: Legislative Agenda 2010                       Tab 7

          C.       Finance & Operations Committee

North Board Room

                     8.          STATE BOARD AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING

                                   (Room 127 - Closed)

                     9.          ACTION: Lakeview Academy Request for Waiver from

                                   R277-459-3, Classroom Supplies Appropriation                                         Tab 9

                     10.       ACTION: Budget Proposal for FY 2011                                                      Tab 10

                     11.       DISCUSSION: Flexibility to Transfer Fund Balances Across

                                   Statutory Funds                                                                                                 Tab 11

10:00 a.m. -10:15 a.m.

                     BREAK

BOARD MEETING

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

4.       ACHIEVEMENT SPOTLIGHT  

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

5.       ACTION: State Board of Education Bylaw Amendments                                                 Tab 5

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

6.       ACTION: Promises to Keep - Next Steps                                                                               Tab 6

                     A.         Legislative Agenda

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH FOR BOARD MEMBERS, LT. GOVERNOR BELL, STATE TREASURER RICHARD ELLIS, KEVIN CARTER, DIRECTOR, SITLA, AND USOE EXECUTIVE STAFF

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

                     EXECUTIVE SESSION

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

7.       ACTION:       Executive Session Action Items

                     A.         Utah Professional Practices Commission Recommendations

                     B.         Advisory Committee Appointments:

                                   Coalition of Minorities Advisory Committee (CMAC)

                                   Governor’s Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities

                                   Division of Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

                                   State Rehabilitation Council

2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

8.       ACTION: Board Standing Committee Reports

          A.       Audit Committee

          B.       Finance Committee

                                   Tabs 8 - 11

          C.       Student Achievement & School Success Committee

                                   Tabs 1 - 4

          D.      Law & Policy Committee

                                   Tabs 5 - 7

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

10.    INFORMATION: Executive Officer Report

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

11.   INFORMATION: Board Chairman Report

4:00 p.m. - 4:05 p.m.

12.    ACTION: General Consent Calendar (Furnished Electronically)                                Tab 12

NOTE: This meeting will be broadcast live over the Internet beginning at 10:15 a.m. *To view the broadcast, go to the link on the USBE home page: www.schools.utah.gov/board. *Times are approximate. The Standing Committee Meetings from 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and the Executive Session at 1:30 p.m. will not be broadcast.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing auxiliary communicative aids and services for these meetings should call Twila Affleck at 538-7517, giving at least three working days notice.