Past Vermont State Board of Education Meeting

Date: October 21, 2020, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 782 665 827#

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from September 16, 2020, Vermont Assssment Center at Newbury House

Item C: Letter from Chair Carroll to Representative Webb and Senator Baruth Regarding the Withdrawal of School Districts

Item H: Memorandum - Summary of Information Provided Concerning Kurn Hattin's Approval, 990 Summary Notes, 2019-2020 Kurn Hattin Licensing Report Final 062520, Approval Report for SBE Kurn Hattin June 2017, Kurn Hattin - Table 7.1 Staffing 2020-2021 09.22.20, Kurn Hattin Closure Letter 09.10.20, Kurn Hattin Homes for Children Re-Opening Procedures; NEASC Letter to Kurn Hattin Homes SPR JUNE 2020, Statement from Kurn Hattin Homes 09-19-20, NEKHH Program and Curriculum Update 09.22.20, Audited Financial Statement for 2017, Audited Financial Statement for 2018, Audited Financial Statement for 2019; Preliminary Financial Statement for 2020; Secretary French Recommendation to Review Kurn Hattin; Chair Carroll Letter to Mr. Harrison; Primmer, Piper, Eggleston and Cramer, PC - Letter to Chair Carroll and Mark Tashjian; Andrus Wagstaff, PC - Letter to Chair Carroll and Mark Tashjian

Item I: SBE Rules and Dates that Rules were Last Revised

Item J: Implicit Bias Training, Creative Resources, Proposal for training for State Board of Education, Vermont Human Rights Commission

Item K: Public Comment on Proposed Revisions to Rule Series 2360 and 1300, Summary of Public Comment on Rules Series 1300 and 2360

Item N: Expenditure Report FY20

Date: September 16, 2020, 9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 690 092 497# 

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from August 19, 2020, Brownell Mountain School

Item F: Letter from Superintendent Culkeen to Chair Carroll, Memorandum from Secretary French to the State Board of Education, Transition Plan

Item G: Summary of Public Comment Pertaining to Rules Series 1300 and 2360

Item J: Memorandum from Donna Russo-Savage to the State Board of Education, Letter from Chair Carroll to Southern Valley UUSD Chair Sumner and Vice Chair Strom-Henricksen, Letter from Southern Valley UUSD Chair Sumner to State Board of Education Chair Carroll

Item N: Expenditure Report - FY21

Date: August 19, 2020, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 603 042 40#

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from June 17, 2020

Item D: The Mill School Appeal - Cover Letter regarding the Mill School, Hearing Officer's Recommended Approval of Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement and Exhibit A, Draft Board Acceptance of Settlement Agreement

Public to be Heard: Representative Heidi Scheuermann, John Pelletier, Presentation

Item G: Annual OSEP Special Education Determination

Item K: Mount Mansfield Ski Club and Academy Amendment

Item L: The Arlington School Amendment

Item O: Expenditures FY21

Date: June 17, 2020, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 541-619-389#

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda 

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from May 20, 2020

Item D: Statement on Equity and Racism

Item F: SY19 Smarter Balanced ELA, Math and Science Assessment Results, Smarter Balanced Fact Sheet, Smarter Balanced Scores, Independent School Summary Report FY20

Item G: Wayne Gersen Statement, Erika Christakis Statement, Jeff Renard Statement, Joan Cavallo Statement

Item H: The Mill School

Item K: Act 1 Work Plan, Act 1 - An Act Relating to Ethnic and Social Equity Studies Standards for Public Schools

Item M: Expenditures FY20

Date: May 20, 2020, 12:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

Call in Number: 802-552-8456
Conference ID: 630 094 940#   

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda (REVISED)

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from April 22, 2020

Item C: Resolution for Kyle Courtois

Item D: Battenkill Valley SU Response, Letter to Battenkill Valley SU from SBE Chair, Battenkill Valley SU Timeline

Item J: Policy Coherence

Item L: Public Comment - Janna Osman, Cynthia Gardner-Morse

Item M: Expenditure Report FY20

Date: May 6th, 2020, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams 

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 394-825-875#

Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Comment by Greg Van Buiten

Date: April 22nd, 2020, 12:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams 

Call in Number: 1-802-552-8456
Conference ID: 295-558-941#

Approved Minutes

Draft Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from March 18, 2020

Item C: I.N.S.P.I.R.E. School for Autism

Item G: Waiver Request - State Board Rule 2351, Drivers Education

Item J: Policy Coherence

Item K: Philip Eller Comment; Karen Price Comment

Item L: Expenditure Report FY20

Date: March 18, 2020, 9:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Location:

McFarland House
Penthouse Conference Room #315​
5 Perry Street​
Barre, VT 05641

Call in Details:

Toll number: +1 (802) 552-8456
Conference ID: 68773601#   

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

 Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from February 19, 2020 meeting

Item F: Battenkill Valley SU Timeline

Item H: Weighting Study - Executive Summary

Item M: Consideration of School Calendar Waivers and COVID-19

Item N: State Plan for the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act - Perkins V, Perkins V State Plan - Key Extracts

Item P: Expenditure Report FY20

Date: February 19, 2020, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location:

​McFarland House
​Penthouse Conference Room, #315
5 Perry Street​
Barre, VT 05641

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Draft Meeting Minutes from January 21, 2020, Mary Johnson Children's Center, Saxon Hill School, Inc., Burke Mountain Academy, Killington Mountain School, Mater Christi School, 204 Depot Street Program, Mount Mansfield Ski Club and Academy

Item E: Agency of Education Proposed Draft Rule 1300, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group Proposed Draft Rule 1300, Agency of Education Proposed Draft Rule 2360 Summary, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group Proposed Changes to Rule 2360, Vermont Independent Schools Assoociation Proposed Changes to Rule 2360, Vermont Independent Schools Assocation Proposed Changes to Rule 2360 Summary

Item F: Updated State Board of Education's Timeline for Act 173 Rulemaking, Rulemaking Process

Item G: Census-Based Funding Advisory Group Timeline for Rules Series 2200

Item I: Literacy Reform and Act 173

Item J: Overview of Proficiency-Based Learning Inquiry, Draft Report on the Inquiry Regarding Proficiency-Based Learning

Item K: Legislative Initiatives re State Board of Education, 2012-2020, Senate Education's Draft Bill Regarding State Board of Education's Duties and Powers, State Board of Education's Annual Report to the General Assembly

Item L: State Board of Education - Expenditure Report FY20

Date: January 21st, 2020, 12:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Location:

Rutland Senior High School
Library
22 Stratton Road​
Rutland, VT 05701

Approved Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item C: Draft Meeting Minutes from December 18, 2019

Item E: Agency of Education's Proposed Rules 2360 Revisions - Version 2, Summary, Agency of Education's Proposed Revisions to Rule 1300 - Verison 3 (Redline Copy), Agency of Education's Proposed Revisions to Rule 1300 - Version 3 (Clean Copy), Census-Based Funding Advisory Group's Recommendations Regarding Act 173 Rulemaking, Act 173 Draft Rule 2360 dated April 2019, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group's Proposed Changes to Rule 1300, Legislative Report - Census-Based Funding Advisory Group, Updated SBE Timeline for Act 173 Rulemaking

Item F and G: Schedule of Witnesses

Item F: Proficiency-Based Learning Testimony - John Downes, Ed.D., David Ruff, Rachel Duffy, Kate Toland, Chris Whalen, Jonah Ibson, Emily Rinkema and Stan Williams

Item G: Proficiency-Based Learning Testimony - Jess DeCarolis and Pat Fitzsimmons, Curtis Hier, Michael Thomas, Adrienne Weld; Abby Brodowski, Jen Stainton, Melissa Connor, Steven Dellinger-Pate, Greg Schillinger, Mike McRaith

​Item K: State Board of Education - Expenditures FY20