Past Vermont State Board of Education Meeting

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

Date: December 18, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location:

Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (GMTCC)
Community Education Center 
738 VT Route 15 West
Hyde Park, VT 05655

Approved Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda 

Item C: Draft Meeting Minutes from November 20, 2019, Caledonia Central SU 16 V.S.A. §§ 261 Waiver Request, Postsecondary Closing, Student Academic Records 16 V.S.A. § 175 - Marlboro College

Item G: Census-Based Funding Advisory Group's Proposed Changes to Rule 1300, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group Statement, VLA Comments on Proposed Changes to Rule Series 2360 and 1300

Item H: New England School for Girls Amendment

Item I: Overview of Act 77 and Related Regulations pertaining to Proficiency-Based Learning (PBL) - Origins of Vermont's Proficiency-Based Learning Policy, Transformation of Education in Vermont

Item J: Overview of January 2020 Meeting

Item K: State Board of Education - Expenditure Report FY20

Date: November 20, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location:

Colchester High School
Library
131 Laker Lane​
Colchester, VT 05446

Approved Meeting Minutes

Draft Minutes

Agenda

Item C: Draft Meeting Minutes from October 16, 2019

Item E: Memo: Status Update - SLDS Data Collection and Vermont School Climate Survey​

Item G: Proposed Draft Rules for Special Education Finance and Census-Based Funding - V3, Act 173 Timeline

Item H: Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC) Amended Request

Item J: Vermont Student Performance in a National Context by Art Woolf​

Item K: Barnard School District - Green Sheet, DRAFT Merger Proposal between Barnard School District and Windsor Central Modified Unified Union

Item L: Priority Placements, Inc., INCLUSION Tutorial and Behavioral Services (TABs)

Item M: Vermont Statute 32 V.S.A. § 1010​

Item N: State Board of Education - Expenditure Report FY20

Date: October 16, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Location:

Burr and Burton Academy
57 Seminary Avenue
Library
Manchester, VT 05254

Approved Minutes

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item C: Draft Meeting Minutes from September 18, 2019, Draft Retreat Day 1 Meeting Minutes from September 18, 2019, Draft Retreat Day 2 Meeting Minutes from Setpember 19, 2019, Chair's Report

Item F: Act 173 Advisory Group Update: Recommendations for SBE Draft Rules Presentation

Item:G: Guidelines for Public Communications, Draft Guidance with Regard to Political Campaigns, Executive Code of Ethics

Item J: Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC) Request

Item K: Reinventing the Board and the Board's Future Role

Item L: Meeting Schedule, Act 173 Timeline

Item M: State Board of Education - Expenditure Report FY20