Indiana State Board of Education

NOTICE OF MEETINGS AND AGENDA

September 5, 2007

Department of Education
James Whitcomb Riley Conference Room
151 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

9 a.m.
State Board of Education Meeting

September 6, 2007

Indiana Historical Society
Mary O’Brien Gibson Boardroom
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

9 a.m.
State Board Planning Retreat

Agenda, September 5, 2007

      I.     Call to Order - Pledge of Allegiance.

     II.     Approval of Minutes - August 1, 2007

    III.     Statement of the Chair

   IV.     Board Member Comments and Reports from Board Member Representatives to Other Groups

    V.     Committee Reports

A.    Strategic Planning.
B.    Regulatory Review.
C.    Best Practices.

   VI.     Discussion

A.    Assessment and Accountability. | Attachment 2
B.    Awarding Credit by Demonstration of Proficiency.
C.    Freeway School Review Process.

  VII.     Consent Agenda    (X, A; X, B; X, F; X, G; X, H)  

VIII.     Adjudications and Hearings

   IX.     Public Comments

    X.     Action                                               

A.    Certification of proposed governing body selection plan for the Board of School Trustees of the Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation. | Attachment 2
B.    Approval of school corporation plans for use of PRIME TIME instructional assistants.
C.    Adoption of language arts and world language textbooks.
D.    Approval of continued use of previously adopted language arts and world languages textbooks.
E.    Approval of proposal to create Teacher Reading Academies in fulfillment of requirements of Public Law 234-2007, SECTION 9. | Attachment 2 | Attachment 3
F.    Consideration of Freeway School petition from Kingdom Academy of Bluffton, Inc.
G.    Approval of professional development grants. [Item removed from agenda]
H.    Adoption of final orders in administrative adjudications where no objections have been filed to the recommended order of the hearing officer.

   XI     Board Operations

A.    NASBE Activities.
B.    Future State Board of Education meetings.

All meetings are accessible to persons with physical disabilities. Persons who are hearing impaired or deaf and who will require interpreter services for these meetings should notify Jeffery P. Zaring in writing at Room 229, State House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2798; by TDD at 317-232-0570; or by telephone at 317-232-6622. Notification must be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.