January 22-23, 2020

Business Session Agenda – Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Full Board Convenes – 12:30 p.m.**

Executive Session

Adjournment

** The purpose of convening this meeting is for the board to go into executive session under Virginia Code §2.2-3711(a)(40)  and §2.2-3711(a)(7). Public comment will not be accepted at this time.

Work Session - Wednesday, January 22, 2020

• Agenda (Word)
• Quality in Early Childhood Classrooms (PDF)

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Business Session Agenda – Thursday, January 23, 2020

• Minutes (PDF)

Full Board Convenes – 9 a.m.

Moment of Silence

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Minutes of the November 13-14, 2019, Meeting of the Board

Resolution of Recognition

• Recognition of Virginia’s 2020 Regional Teachers of the Year and Virginia Teacher of the Year

Public Comment*

Consent Agenda

1. Final Review of Financial Report on Literary Fund (Word)
2. Final Review of Requests for Renewal of Alternative Accreditation Plans from Albemarle County Public Schools, Town of Colonial Beach Public Schools, Craig County Public Schools, Highland County Public Schools, Scott County Public Schools and York County Public Schools for High Schools with a Graduation Cohort of Fifty (50) or Fewer Students
   • Item B – Attachments A-F (PDF)
3. Final Review of Requests for Renewal of Alternative Accreditation Plans from Albemarle County Public Schools, Arlington County Public Schools, Chesterfield County Public Schools, and Fairfax County Public Schools
4. Final Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Curriculum for the Virginia School Bus Operator Training Program to Conform to 2019 General Assembly Legislation (Word)

Action/Discussion Items

1. Final Review of Proposed Revisions to the Health Education Standards of Learning (Word)
2. First Review of Recommended Cut Scores for the Grades 3-8 and End-of-Course Standards of Learning Reading Tests Based on the 2017 English Standards (Word)  
3. First Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Regulations Governing Secondary School Transcripts (Word)
   • Item G – Attachment A  (Word)
   • Item G – Attachment B (Word)
4. First Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Suicide Prevention Guidelines (Word)
5. First Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Family Life Education and Standards of Learning (Word)
6. First Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Fine Arts Standards of Learning (Word)
7. First Review of Virginia’s Four-Year Perkins V State Plan (Word)
   • Item K – Presentation (PPT)

Written Reports

1. Timeline for World Language Standards of Learning Review Process (Word)
2. Update on the 2020 General Assembly (Word)

Discussion of Current Issues – by Board of Education Members and Superintendent of Public Instruction

Adjournment

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Public Notice

Board of Education members will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in the Washington Conference Room of the James Monroe Building (101 N. 14th Street, Richmond, VA 23219). No votes will be taken, and it is open to the public.

Board of Education members will meet for dinner at 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at The Berkeley Hotel (1200 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23219).  Items for the Board agenda may be discussed informally at that dinner.  No votes will be taken, and it is open to the public.

The Board president reserves the right to change the times listed on this agenda depending upon the time constraints during the meeting.

Guidelines for Public Comment

The Board of Education will provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the Board at its meetings, as appropriate, during the public comment portion of the meeting.

At its regular meetings, members of the public may address the Board during the public comment portion of the meeting on any matter related to public education, which includes the actions of the Board. During the public comment portion of any committee of the Board or any advisory committee of the Board, the Board requests that members of the public only address the committee on matters on the committee’s published agenda and any matters added to the agenda during the meeting by the committee.

Requests to address the Board or one of its committees during the public comment portion of the meeting shall include the subject to be discussed and the name of the speaker.

Requests to address the Board or one of its committees during the public comment portion of the meeting should be submitted to the Department of Education (804-225-2540 or Sonya.Broady@doe.virginia.gov) in advance of the meeting, but may be submitted the day of the meeting, at the discretion of the President or committee chairperson.  In honoring such requests, the Board will limit such comments to three minutes for each speaker at the discretion of the President or committee chairperson.

The Board President or committee chairperson may, in his or her discretion, extend the public comment portion of the meeting, allocate the time available for public comment, adjust the order of speakers, or take other reasonable measures to ensure that the Board hears multiple views on any matter presented to the Board.

Public comment speakers will be encourage to provide multiple written copies (11) of their comments or other materials amplifying their views.

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