STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION:
MEETING SCHEDULE, AGENDAS, REPORTS & APPROVED MINUTES:
ARCHIVED MEETING PACKET MATERIALS
(Updated 4/11/13)

Packet materials that are made available online before each scheduled meeting of the State Board will be archived on this page after each meeting.

• April 16, 2013
• March 26, 2013
• February 19, 2013
• January 15, 2013
• December 18, 2012
• November 13, 2012
• October 16, 2012
• September 18, 2012
• August 21, 2012
• June 18-19, 2012
• May 15, 2012
• April 17, 2012
• March 20, 2012
• February 21, 2012
• January 17, 2012
• December 20, 2011
• November 15, 2011
• October 18, 2011
• October 3, 2011 - Special Meeting

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on April 16, 2013

• Agenda
  
  
• Worksession:
  

• Item C: Education Quality Standards
  • Draft EQS Policy Language (marked up)
  • Draft EQS Policy Language (clean)
    
    
• Updates:
  
  
• Item H: SBE Budget Outlook
  • SBE Monthly Expenditure Report/Budget

• Action Items:

• Item I: Special Education Rules Revisions – Part B and C (Rule 2300)
  • Summary of proposed revisions
  • Proposed revisions (in strikethrough and underline format)
  • Proposed revisions (in clean format)
  • Summary of non-specific changes to rules
  • Public comment response table
    
    
• Item J1: Superintendent Vacancy Recommendation: Orange East SU
  • Letter: Steve Simpson - OESU Board Chair
  • Letter: Response to Steve Simpson
    
    
• Item K2: Approval: Windham Northeast Supervisory Union Board
  • Letter: Christopher Kibbe - WNSU Superintendent
  • Letter: Response to Christopher Kibbe

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on March 26, 2013
Packet materials will be provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda

• Action Items:
  

• Item E2: Approval of the Revised Vermont School Register
  
  
• Item E3: Independent School Approval
  • Central Vermont Catholic School
  • Neighborhood Schoolhouse
    
    
• Updates:
  
  
• Item I: SBE Monthly Expenditure Report/Budget Update
  
  
• Item J: EQS Commission
  • Draft EQS Policy Language (clean)
  • Presentation: Report to State Board of Education
    
    
• Item L: Presentation by Commissioner Harry Chen, MD: "Health in Mind: Improving Education Through Wellness"
  

• Discussion Items:

• Item M: Workplace Education Requirements and Current Experiences
  • Vermont Occupations Data
  • IBM: Unprepared Workforce is a Critical Business Constraint
    
    
• Item N: Upcoming Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
  • Vermont Science Education for the 21st Century

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on February 19, 2012
Packet materials will be provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Work Sessions:
  

• Item D: SBE Legislative Work Session

• Action Items:
  

• Item E2: Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union (SVSU): Change to its Board Composition
  • Letter from Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union (SVSU)
    
    
• Updates:
  

• Item G: EQS Commission
  • Graduation Requirments
  
  
• Discussion Items:
  

• Item H: High/Low Spending Districts - Annual Report
  • FY2012 High Special Education Spending Report: High and Low Districts Only/Low Spending – General Education spending information
  • FY2012 High Special Education Spending Report
  • FY2012 High Special Education Spending Report: High and Low Districts Only

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on January 15, 2012
Packet materials will be provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Updates:
  

• Item F: State Board Budget
  • Budget Proposal with Act 98 (FY 14)
  • Current Expenditures

• Action Items:
  

• Item I: Independent School Action – the Village School of North Bennington

• Discussion Items:
  

• Item K: SBE Priority #8 – Technology
  • Annual Ed Tech Survey Results
  
  
• Item L: Career & Technical Education (CTE)
  • CTE Overview
  • What is CTE?
    
    
• Written Updates:
  
  
• Item N1: Supervisory Union Study Updates
  • Battenkill Valley SU
  • Washington South SU
  
  
• Item N2: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Spring 2013 Pilot Testing
  • SMARTER Balanced Pilot Test Overview
  • Vermont Sampling Plan
    
    
• Item N3: NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) Update

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on December 18, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Action Items:
  

• Item D: FY 13 Budget – Current Expenditures
  
  
• Item G2: School Construction Aid for Deerfield Valley Elementary School
  
  
• Item G3: Ed Flex Waiver for Blue Mountain Union School
  
  
• Item H & I: Supervisory Union Status Review
  
  
• Item H: Winooski School District Study
  
  
• Item I: Windsor Northwest SU Study

• Discussion Items:
  

• Item J: 2012-13 SBE Priorities

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on November 13, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Discussion Items:
  

• Item D: 2012-13 Priorities
  • Priority #8: 21st Century Technology and Learning
    
    
• Item I: Priority #7: Early Learning Systems
  • Foundations for Early Learning (FEL) Opportunities in Vermont
  • Kindergarten Readiness Survey
  • 2012-2013 Early Education Initiative Grant Awards
  • Plan for Revising Vermont's Early Learning Standards
    
    
• Action Items:
  

• Item M3: Initial Approval to the Family Place in Norwich, VT
  
  
• Item M4: Ed Flex Waiver Approval for Milton Middle and Milton Senior High School
  
  
• Item M5: Approval of School Construction Aid Request
  • State Obligations for School Construction Aid
    
    
• Item M6: Waive Student Attendance Calendar for Bellows Falls Middle School
  • Letter from Superintendent Christopher Kibbe

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on October 16, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Discussion Items:
  
  
• Item H: Achievement Gap
  • Vermont School Improvement Progression 2012-2013
    
    
• Item J: Act 156 Overview/Act 153 Update
  
  
• Action Items:
  

• Item M2: Schools in Corrective Action
  
  
• Item N: Supt Vacancy Study - Windham Southwest SU
  
  
• Presentations:

At the 2012 State Board of Education (SBE) meeting, the discussion focused on how to close the achievement gap. Academy School principal Andy Paciulli and second grade teacher Jean Schultz presented The Academy Story. Paciulli and Shultz spoke to the change within the school: the learning experiences, self-evaluation, school culture, leadership, looking at data – becoming results-driven, using best practices and formative assessments – consistently checking in with the kids, skills block (intervention/enrichment), response to intervention during and after school, parent involvement, ultimately putting the children first with a “no excuse” belief system.

• Academy School: "Who We Are"
  
  
• Windham Regional Collegiate High School
  
  
• VT-AOE: "Promising Practices for Closing the Achievement Gap"

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on September 18, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the meeting.

• Agenda
  
  
• Action Items:
  
  
• Item H: Initiation of Rulemaking: Special Education Rules (Part B & C) Revisions
  • Proposed Timeline
  • Proposed Revisions
  • Proposed Rule
    
    
• Item I: Waiver Request: 16 V.S.A. §261 (d): North Country SU
  • Revised Bylaws
    
    
• Item J2: Independent School Approval: Austine School
  
• Discussion Items:
  

• Item J3: Ed Flex Waiver Approval
  • Beeman Elementary School
  • Robinson Elementary School
    
    
• Item J4: Suspend Approval of LSED Planning Committee Report
  • Letter: Tracy Wrend, Superintendent
    
    
• Item J5: Waiver from Rule 2603(8) for Wallingford School Board
  
  
• Item L: Closing Public Schools

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on August 21, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the August meeting.

• Agenda PDF
  
  
• Item G: State Board of Education Priorities July 2012 - June 2013
  
  
• Discussion Items:
  
  
  • Item I: Special Education Rules (Part B & C) Revisions
    • Working Draft (7/24/2012)
    • Revisions Summary
      
      
  • Item J: Education Quality Standards
    • Final Report of Policy Recommendations Education
    • Vermont Superintendents Association Presentation
      
      
• Action Items:
  
  
  • Item K: Review of Rulemaking Process
    
    
  • Item L: Braintree-Brookfield Randolph RED Planning Committee Report
    • Braintree-Brookfield Randolph RED Letter
      
      
  • Item M: Lamoille South RED Planning Committee Report
    • Lamoille South RED Letter
    • Articles of Agreement
      
      
  • Item N2: Accreditation to Community High School of Vermont
    
    
  • Item O: Waiver Request: Orange North SU
    
    
  • Item P: Independent School Action: The Village School of North Bennington
    • Attorneys Meub Gallivan Larson Letter

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on June 18-19, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the June meeting.

• Agenda PDF
  
  
• Action Items:
  • Item H2:Grant Thaddeus Stevens School to Serve Students in Grades K-8
    
    
  • Item H3: Approve the Formation of a Transition Supervisory Union
    
    
  • Item J: Vermont Guidelines for Teacher & Leader Effectiveness
    • Approve The Vermont Guidelines for Teacher & Leader Effectiveness
      
      
• Discussion Items:
  • Item K & L: Moving to a Proficiency Based Education System
    
    
  • Item L: Roundtable Discussion: Proficiency Based K-12 Education
    • State of Vermont Action Plan
    • Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium Letter
    • Investing in Innovation Development Grant Pre-Application: Project Narrative
    • Maine Standards Based Education Act

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on May 15, 2012
The following packet materials are provided for review in advance of the May meeting.

• Agenda PDF
  
  
• Discussion Items:
  
  • Item I: Development of Statewide Teacher & Leader
    Evaluation Guidelines
    
    • Vermont Guidelines for Teacher & Leader Effectiveness PDF
      
      
• Action Items:
  
  • Item J3: Independent School Approval Action Requests (Several)PDF
    
    
  • Item J4: Certificate of Approval for University of
    Massachusetts Amherst PDF
    
    
  • Item J5: Permit Aamendments to the North Country
    Supervisory Union (NCSU) PDF
    
    
  • Item K: Status Report of Battenkill Valley SU PDF
    
    • Consultants Progress Report PDF
      
      
  • Item L: Request to Adjust SU Assignment of
    Winhall School District PDF
    
    • Petition for Change PDF
      
      
  • Item M: RWSU-WSWSU Regrouping PDF
    
    • Petition to Create a New Supervisory Union PDF
    • Structural Benefits & Economic Feasibility PDF
      
      
  • Item N: Aligning Graduation Requirements to Ensure that Graduates are College and Career Ready PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on April 17, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the April meeting.

• Agenda PDF
• Item I: State Board/Department Priorities PDF
• Item K: Consent Agenda
  • Independent School Actions PDF
  • Mountain Towns RED to Bennington-Rutland SU PDF
• Item L: High School Graduation Requirements
  • Aligning Graduation Requirements to Relevant StandardsPDF
• Graduation Requirements Proposal PDF
• Item M: Adoption of New Teaching Standards
  • InTASC and Support Consortium Model Core PDF
  • InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on March 20, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the March meeting.

• Agenda PDF
• Item I: Independent School Approvals PDF
• Item J: Vermont High School Math Course Taking PDF
• Item K: Special Education Advisory Council PDF
• Item L: FY 2011 High Low Spending Districts
  • Report PDF
  • Special Ed Cost, ADM, and Child Count by School DistrictEXCEL
  • Correlation Table PDF
• Item N: Common Core & SMARTER Balanced UpdatePDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on February 21, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the February meeting.

• Agenda PDF
• Item H: 2011 NECAP Results
• Item I: School Choice PDF
  • The Market Makes the Decision: A School Choice Model for Vermont (1992) PDF
  • Report to Vermont General Assembly (1999) PDF
  • Report of the 29th Grafton Conference (2004) PDF
  • Public School Choice Workgroup Summary (2004) PDF
  • Legislative Proposal (2005) PDF
  • Governance of Education in Vermont White Paper (2006) PDF
  • Legislative Proposal (2007) PDF
  • School Choice Towns Map PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on January 17, 2012
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the January meeting.

• Agenda PDF
• Item F: ESEA Flexibility Waiver Request PDF
  • Draft Request (January 13, 2012) PDF
• Item G: Mountain Towns RED/Windsor Southwest-Rutland Windsor SU Boundaries PDF
  • Articles of Agreement PDF
  • Financial Executive SummaryPDF
  • Financial ReportPDF
  • Petition to State Board of Education - Part 1PDF
  • Petition to State Board of Education - Part 2PDF
• Item H: FY 13 Budget Recommendations PDF
  • Budget Request EXCEL
• Item I2: Independent School Approval - Mid Vermont Christian School PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on December 20, 2011
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the December meeting.

• AgendaPDF
• Item E: ESEA Flexibility Waiver RequestPDF
  • Executive Summary PDF
  • High Level Implementation Plan PDF
  • Principle Events PDF
  • Proposal Plan (DRAFT) PDF
  • Timeline PDF
• Item F: Act 153 Task Force Recommendations PDF
  • Task Force Recommendations PDF
• Item G: FY 13 Budget Development PDF
  • Estimated Education Fund Payments EXCEL
• Item I: Superintendent Vacancy, Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union PDF
  • Supervisory Union Letter PDF
  • Commissioner's Response PDF
• Item N1: Act 153 RED Formation UpdateEXCEL

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on November 15, 2011
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the November meeting.

• AgendaPDF
• Item F: Certificate of Approval for Educational Praxis Inc PDF
• Item G: FY 2013 School Construction Aid Request
  • Approval Request PDF
  • Master List of State Obligation XLS
• Item K: Pathways to Prosperity Project
  • Strategic Plan Implementation PDF
  • Project Report PDF
• Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
  • Watch the Recorded PresentationOSL
  • Download the Presentation Materials PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on October 18, 2011
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the October meeting.

• AgendaPDF
• Item F3: Independent School Actions PDF
• Item G: Superintendent Vacancy at Washington Central SU
  • Vacancy Notice from SU PDF
  • Commissioner Vilaseca's Response PDF
  • Potential Boundary Change PDF
• Item I: NCLB Waiver Letter PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Special Meeting on October 3, 2011
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the October special meeting.

• AgendaPDF

Related Materials:

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Waiver LetterPDF
• U.S. Department of Education ESEA Flexibility PDF
• Bringing Flexibility and Focus to Education Law PDF

Packet Materials for the State Board Meeting on September 20, 2011
The following packet materials were provided for review in advance of the September meeting.

• AgendaPDF
• Item E2: Initial Accreditation to Grace Christian School PDF
• Item E3: The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS)
  • Postsecondary Approval PDF
  • The Center of Cartoon Studies Response PDF
  • Vermont Higher Education Council Letter PDF
  • Report of an Evaluation Team PDF
• Item F: Fairfax/Fletcher Regional Education District
  • RED Approval PDF
  • Franklin West Supervisory Union Letter PDF
  • Articles of Agreement PDF
• Item H: Key Strategic Plan Implementation PDF

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