Vermont State Board of Education

Date: February 20, 2019, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: 

Vermont Department of Taxes

133 State Street, Board Room 410

Montpelier, VT 05602

Agenda

Draft Meeting Minutes

Item B: Consent Agenda - Draft Meeting Minutes from January 16, 2019, Chair's Report - Act 98, State Board's Authorities and Secretary's Duties, Education Quality Standards - Waiver Tracker

Item C: Education Quality Standards - Statewide Longitudinal Data System - Summary, Statewide Longitudinal Data System - Update, ESSA

Item J: Act 173 - Executive Summary

Item K: Independent Schools - Initial School Approval - Belvedere Academy,LLC dba The Mill School, Vermont Assessment Center at Newbury

Item L: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language, World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages

Item M: Green Mountain College, Higher Learning Commissioner Letter, New England Commission of Higher Education Letter

Item N: Communications Policy

Miscellaneous: State Board of Education Expenditure Report - FY19

Date: January 16, 2019, 9:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Location:

Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler Elementary School

Gymnasium

6 Archibald Street

Burlington, VT 05401

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda (UPDATED)

Item C: Education Quality Standards

Item E: Draft Annual Report to the Governor and the General Assembly

Item F: Small Schools Grants Metrics - Green Sheet, Table

Item G: Proposed Changes to Rule Series 1200

Item H: Resolution for Stacy Weinberger

Item I: Secretary's Report - Act 173 Update

Item J: Consent Agenda - Draft Meeting Minutes from December 19, 2018, Draft Meeting Minutes from January 2, 2019; School of Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales, Green Mountain Valley School

Item K: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL), World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages - Green Sheet, Powerpoint

Item L: Chair's Report - Board Norms, Board Communications, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges, Vermont Higher Education Council

Item M: Request for SU Board Configuration - Two Rivers SU; Cabot and Twinfield Districts/Caledonia Central SU

Item N: Westmore School Board's Request to join Orleans Central UESD

Miscellaneous: State Board of Education Expenditure Report - FY19

Date: December 19, 2018, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: 

Mary Hogan School, Library

201 Mary Hogan Drive

Middlebury, VT 05753

Draft Meeting Minutes

Approved Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item C: Resolution for Mark Perrin

Item D: Renewal of General Education and Special Education Independent School - Stone Path Academy, Stone Path Academy letter, Rock Point School, Rock Point School response, New England School for Girls

Item F: Request for Waiver of SU Board Configuration - Two Rivers SU, Southwest Vermont SU

Item G: Draft Meeting Minutes from November 28, 2018, Windsor-West Windsor SD, Windsor-West Windsor Board Draft Minutes, Green Mountain Union School District, Burr and Burton Academy, Arlington School, Cornerstone School, Sunrise Family Resource Center

Item H: Appeal from Decision of Montpelier-Roxbury School District, Petition

Item K: Proposed Changes to Rule Series 1200

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure Report - FY19

Date: November 15, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: 

Barre Elks Lodge

Main Floor Meeting Room

10 Jefferson Street

Barre, VT 05641

Draft Meeting Minutes

Approved Meeting Minutes

New Agenda  

Agenda - original agenda superceded on November 15, 2018

Item F: Review Provisional Decisions and SU Boundaries

Item H: Default Articles of Agreement, Timeline

Item M: Draft Meeting Minutes from October 29, 2018

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure Report - FY19

Date: October 17, 2018,  8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location:

Hartford High School

Library

37 Highland Avenue

White River Junction, VT 05001

Draft Meeting Minutes

Approved Meeting Minutes

Agenda - updated

​Item F: Working Understanding of Principles for Considering Alternative Governance Structures​, Debt Comparisons - Union High School Districts, Modified Unified School Districts, Unlike Members of Union High School Districts

Item G: Natvig - Request for Formal Hearing, Petition

Item N: Draft Minutes from October 2 Meeting, Sharon Academy, Valley Vista

Item P: Calendar Review

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure Report - FY19

Date: October 2, 2018  

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: 

White River Valley School, Bethel Campus
273 Pleasant Street
Bethel, VT 05032

Agenda

Draft Minutes

Approved Minutes

Legal Opinion

Item E and G: Legal Requirements and Legislative Guidance

Item J: Draft Minutes from September 19th meeting

Item K: Calendar Review

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure report - FY19

Date: September 19, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location:

Green Mountain Union High School Auditorium
716 VT Route 103 South
Chester, VT 05143

Agenda

Draft Meeting Minutes

Approved Meeting Minutes

Item B: Recognition of Saxtons River Elementary School

Item U: Draft Minutes from August 15th Meeting, Franklin Northeast PK-8 UUSD - Name Change Request, Grammar School, Vermont Academy, Thetford Academy, Two Roads Academy

Item V: Draft Default Articles of Agreement and Table, Table of Decision Points

Item W: Calendar Review, October Agenda Planning; Will of the People by John Carroll

Item Y: Windsor Central SU Waiver Request, Windsor Central SU Superintendent Letter

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure - FY19

Date: August 15, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Location:

State House

​115 State Street, Room 11

​Montpelier, VT 05633

Draft Meeting Minutes

Approved Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Recognition of Underhill

Item T: Draft Minutes from July 18th Meeting, Community High School of Vermont, AOE Report, Manchester Village School, AOE Memo, NEKCA's Parent Child Center's New Reflections Program

Item V: Barre Town - Barre City

Item W: Calendar Report

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditure - FY19​

Date: July 18, 2018, 8:30 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.

Location:

Newark School - Gymnasium

1448 Newark Street

Newark, VT 05871

Draft Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Item B: Recognition of Albany

Item D: Missisquoi Valley UHSD and Franklin, Highgate and Swantin School Districts

Item G: Enosburgh School District and Richford School District

Item H: Montgomery School District, Efficiency, Excellence

Item J: Public to be Heard - Jay Denault, Diana Benoit Kittell

Item I: Sheldon School District

Item K: Hazen UHSD and Lakeview UESD and Greensboro, Hardwick, Stannard and Woodbury School Districts

Item L: Craftsbury School District

Item M: Elmore-Morristown UUSD and Stowe SD

Item O: Public to be Heard - Orleans Southwest SU and Others

Item P: Draft Minutes from June 27 Meeting, Retreat Day 1 and Retreat Day 2, Beckley Day Program, Mountainside House, Green Mountain Montessori, Liberty High School

Item T: Calendar Review

Miscellaneous: State Board Expenditures - Final Report