State Board of Education
September State Board Meeting
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa
September 13, 2012

AGENDA*

Thursday, September 13, 2012

 State Board Documents for the September 13, 2012 Meeting

State Board Work Session
Grimes State Office Building – Room B100

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.    This work session will provide a comprehensive overview of the current process used to monitor, review and approve teacher and administrator preparation programs.  The session is designed is provide Board members with a thorough understanding of the current process as they begin work on their new priority of “Improving Teacher and Leader Preparation.”

Thursday, September 13, 2012
State Board Business Meeting
State Board Room

10:30 a.m. 

1. Call to Order

2. Approve the Agenda

3. Communication
a. Public Comment (for topics other than charter schools)
b. Director’s Report

4. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes (Tab A)

5. Rules: New Chapter 61 – Iowa Reading Research Center (Notice) (Tab B)

6. Rules:  Chapter 43 – Pupil Transportation (Notice) (Tab C)

7. Rules: Chapter  98 – Financial Management of Categorical Funding (Notice) (Tab D)

8.  Rules: Chapter 22 – Senior Year Plus (Notice) (Tab E)

9. Rules: Chapter 97 – Supplementary Weighting (Notice) (Tab F)

10. Rules:  Chapter 17 – Open Enrollment (Notice) (Tab G)

11:15 a.m. 

11. Appeal Decisions (Tab H)
                               
11:30 a.m.    

12. Des Moines Public Charter School – Notice to Revoke Charter  (Tab I)
• Public Comment Related to Notice to Revoke Charter
• Notice to Revoke Des Moines Public Charter School 
 
11:45 a.m. 

13. Teacher Preparation Program Approval (Tab J)
• Simpson College

12:15 p.m.              

14. Paraeducator Preparation Program Approval (Tab K))
• Kirkwood Community College
  
12:30 p.m.  LUNCH

1:00 p.m.                 

15. 2012-2013 State Board Policy Development Priorities and Master Calendar (Tab L)

1:15 p.m. 

16. State Board Legislative Agenda for 2013 (Tab M)

1:30 p.m.                 

17. Update on the Work of Each Task Force (Tab N)

2:15 p.m. 

18. Response to Intervention (Tab O)

2:45 p.m. 

19. 2012-2013 Academic Year, Iowa Community Colleges Tuition and Fees Report (Tab P)

3:15 p.m. 

20. Board Reports

3:30 p.m.  

STATE BOARD MEETING ADJOURNS

 *Times are approximate and may need to be adjusted.