December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM - Board Prep
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I. Call to Order
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II. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation
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III. Approval of minutes of Noveber 20, 2025 Board meeting
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IV. Approval of Agenda
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V. Recognition Ceremony
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V.1. 2025 Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools
Bayou View Elementary School Gulfport School District Beach Elementary School Pascagoula-Gautier School District Ocean Springs High School Ocean Springs School District |
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VI. Report of State Superintendent of Education
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VII. Report of Chair
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VIII. Report of Student Representatives
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IX. Report on State Board of Education Subcommittee (SBE) Meetings
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X. Discussion and/or Approval of Board Items (All action items require vote)
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X.1. Information: Presentations by the Mississippi School of the Arts, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, and the Mississippi School for the Deaf and the Blind [Goals 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 – MBE Strategic Plan) (Wendy Clemons)
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X.2. Information: Educator Workforce Development Update [Goal 4 – MBE Strategic Plan] (Paula Vanderford)
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X.3. Consent Agenda (All consent items are action items which require vote, unless otherwise noted.)
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X.3.A. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi School of the Arts (Wendy Clemons)
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X.3.B. Approval of monthly expenditures for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (Wendy Clemons)
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X.3.C. Approval to adopt policies required by state statute for the Mississippi Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to be placed on the District Policy Service website established by the Mississippi School Boards Association (Wendy Clemons)
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X.3.D. Approval of textbooks as recommended by the 2025 State Textbook Rating Committee for adoption in the areas of Health and Physical Education (K-12), Career Technical Education (9-12), and Science (K-12) – Fiscal Year 2026 (Wendy Clemons)
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X.3.E. Approval of the reappointments to the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development (Paula Vanderford)
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X.3.F. Approval of nonpublic school accreditation statuses for School Year
2025-2026 (Paula Vanderford) |
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X.3.G. Approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To
revise Miss. Admin. Code 7-3: 63.1, State Board Policy Chapter 63, Rule 63.1 – Public Records Policy (Erin Meyer) |
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X.3.H. Approval of a temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 240: Minimum Bus Specifications by amending certain existing criteria and establishing new criteria for minimum bus specifications for the sale of new buses effective July 1, 2026 (Paula Vanderford)
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X.3.I. Information: 2025 Annual Educator Preparation Provider Teacher Preparation Performance Report in accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-101-29 (Paula Vanderford)
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XI. Consideration of Executive Session
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XII. State Board of Education
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XII.1. Report on meetings attended
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XII.2. Approval of attendance at meetings
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XIII. Other Business
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XIV. Adjournment
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