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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION – TOPIC SUMMARY Topic: January 2014 Minutes Date: March 6, 2014 Staff/Office: Emily Nazarov, Board Staff
Action Requested: Information only Policy Adoption Policy Adoption/Consent Calendar
ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD: Adoption of the January 2014 minutes.
BACKGROUND: The State Board of Education is a public governing body, and as such, its meetings must comply with the provisions of ORS chapter 192, Records, Public Reports, Public Meetings.
192.650 Recording or written minutes required; content; fees. (1) The governing body of a public body shall provide for the sound, video or digital recording or the taking of written minutes of all its meetings. Neither a full transcript nor a full recording of the meeting is required, except as otherwise provided by law, but the written minutes or recording must give a true reflection of the matters discussed at the meeting and the views of the participants. All minutes or recordings shall be available to the public within a reasonable time after the meeting, and shall include at least the following information: (a) All members of the governing body present; (b) All motions, proposals, resolutions, orders, ordinances and measures proposed and their disposition; (c) The results of all votes and, except for public bodies consisting of more than 25 members unless requested by a member of that body, the vote of each member by name; (d) The substance of any discussion on any matter; and (e) Subject to ORS 192.410 to 192.505 relating to public records, a reference to any document discussed at the meeting.
Minutes of the State Board meetings shall be written in compliance with Oregon Revised Statutes and give a true reflection on the matters discussed at the meeting. They shall contain brief statements on important points made by Board members and participants and include all motions, proposals, resolutions, orders, ordinances and measures proposed and actions taken.
As a cost-cutting measure, minutes content will be reduced and can used as a guide to the video.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the January 2014 minutes. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION January 23, 2014 251-A/B Public Service Building 255 Capitol St., Salem, OR 97310
Members/Advisors Present Samuel Henry Board Chair Kevin Furey Advisor, CC Faculty Serilda Summers-McGee Board Vice -Chair Randy Schild Advisor, K-12 Admin Angela Bowen Board Member Kevin Gordon Advisor, K-12 Teacher Artemio Paz, Jr. Board Member Miranda Summer Board Member Anthony Veliz Board Member Members/Advisors Excused
Patty Scott Advisor, CC President Kate Brown Ex Officio Board Member Ted Wheeler Ex Officio Board Member
Other Participants Rob Saxton Deputy Supt of Pub Inst. Emily Nazarov Board Staff, ODE Cindy Hunt ODE Kim Patterson ODE Kate Pattison ODE Doug Kosty ODE David Bautista ODE Josh Rew ODE Tim Blackburn ODE Tom Thompson ODE Michael Mahoney ODE Laura Roach ODE Markisha Smith ODE Mark Freed ODE April Campbell ODE Michael Elliott ODE Jamie Rumage ODE Deborah Banks ODE Rudyane Rivera- ODE Cheryl Kelckner ODE Lindstrom
Video recording and supporting documents are posted online.
BOARD MEETING
Chair Henry called the meeting to order at 9:05 am.
Board Member Reports Henry: Welcome back and happy new year. Reflected on accomplishments over the past year. Inspired by good teaching. Shared experience of seeing Ms. Davis’s kindergarten class at Eagle Charter School.
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Important for board to be a part of charter site visits so that we know what is happening in the field.
Summers-McGee: Participated in Ivy School site visit. Impressed with faculty and students. Very interested in seeing state sponsored charter schools perform better than they have before. Saw that students are smart and engaged and learning, but not performing well on standardized tests.
Summer Participated in SW Charter School site visit. Teachers were very dedicated and she enjoyed seeing them doing their work. Concerned about lack of room for physical education. This is the downside of dropping a school in an urban setting. School is tracking success of students as they move on to public and private high schools. State sponsored charters are limited in reaching out to parents because they are not on district websites. How can we get word out to diverse communities if those communities do not realize these schools exists?
Veliz: Attending higher education leadership symposium next week Working with Teach Oregon project – goal is to diversify teacher workforce and education Oregon, under the leadership of district attorney John Haroldson, is taking 50 students from Oregon, including 5 high school students, to the US Hispanic Leadership Conference.
Schild: Teach Oregon in Tillamook – district is working on recruiting minority students into the teaching workforce. Grant for PE has allowed district to add back three PE teachers in their elementary schools.
Gordon: Excited about the work ODE is doing right now, especially grants, dual language, and next generation science standards. Junction city received one of the CTE revitalization grants. Excited about that work. Keynote speaker at Education Northwest gathering.
Furey: Getting increasing numbers of questions about dual credit. Two questions about dual credit for Rob to address during his report: o Could we get some sort of overview about dual credit? o About 2.6, are we moving toward a situation where we will need proficiency exams?
Martinez: Oregon minority teacher pipeline RFP process. Has been involved in discussions with districts and organizations working on this in new and innovative ways. Excited to see districts talking about how to grow your own. Shared work being done with immigrant populations and farmworkers. Looking at next generation of preventative interventions for workers and their families. 3
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Bowen: Invited everyone to attend the Gathering of Oregon’s First Nations Pow Wow.
Deputy Superintendent Report Rob Saxton
Reported to OEIB at last meeting. Praised department for team effort and wonderful work over the past 18 months. Report to legislature on Feb 5th . Report will include strategic investments – what was funded and where the money went across the state. Cautioned that graduation rates and drop-out rates will not reflect the money that has gone out this year. Has received a lot of feedback on the poverty calculation from districts and legislators. Most comment question is whether the new rule should be implemented in one year or phased in. Reported on status of waiver from USDOE. We are in high risk status of not meeting conditions of waiver. This is around evaluation of educators. We anticipate we are on track to meet timeline set out by USDOE. We are currently in the process of applying for another one year waiver. Anticipate one year waiver will look very much like waiver currently in place. Next year, we anticipate that USDOE will ask ODE to apply for a new two year waiver. This will likely look significantly different. Discussed likely elements. Proficiency and Dual Credit. Discussed efforts going on across the state. No decisions at this time. Good to have a lot of people talking about this right now. And then bring all those ides together. OEIB committee would be a good place to do this. Kindergarten assessment results are in. Results are embargoed. Results will come out January 31st. Talked about importance of health care in making sure kids arrive ready to be a learner. Dropout and graduation data is embargoed. Will be released around February 4th. Would like to see a bigger bump but glad it is trending in the right direction. Reiterated cautions that the rates will not reflect the work we have done this year.
Questions/Comments:
Bowen: With regard to kindergarten assessment, would love to see some sort of public service announcement to parents in rural and hard to reach communities about how parents/other family members can work in their homes to help their kids be kindergarten ready. Saxton shared that some work is being done by ELD that relates to the concern about reaching these communities.
Veliz: Heath care is important, but we need to be aware that there is a huge disparity in health care and we have to address that piece as we look to health care sector to help improve kindergarten readiness.
Public Comment
Mark Hansen, Northwest Textbook Depository 4
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Re proposal to revise curriculum review process and adopt new schedule, supports looking at possible revisions but recommends that state maintain current adoption schedule in order to assist districts in preparing them in CCSS implementation by districts and next generation science adoptions on schedule. Districts will continue to benefit from costs savings and work load savings by having the state do the review work.
English Language Proficiency Standards Professional Learning Grant/ Temporary Rules/OAR #581-018- 0540 to 581-018-0556 David Bautista, ODE Tim Blackburn, ODE Cindy Hunt, ODE
Hunt gave context on where we are now with Strategic Initiatives work.
Blackburn explained the grant. When state board adopted ELP standards last September, it raised questions about how we will support teachers as we make this shift. Proposal includes three platforms for delivering this content: (1) deliver content through the already existing professional learning team conferences; (2) creating a massive open online courses that could be accessed by teachers across the state; and (3) utilizing the instructional leadership within state by creating a workgroup of 14 instructional leaders around Oregon who would serve as advisory body and then as trainers.
Questions: Henry – Asked for clarification on how teachers across the state could plug into each of these proposed platforms.
Martinez – Discussed importance of identifying 34 districts in focus consortium. Trying to identify where needs are greatest. Most vulnerable schools are where there is the most growth in population. Within these non-34 schools, is there is data showing districts that are going to have the most growth? Growth is more predictive of outcomes than demographics.
Summers-McGee – when will we start to get some results in? Saxton – Department can bring this information back to the board and lay out for the board how we are going to do this.
Schild – Regarding eligibility, raised concerns about using absolute numbers such as 15%. Saxton explained some of the thinking that went into setting this amount.
MOTION – Martinez moved to adopt. Summers-McGee seconded.
VOTE: Passed 6-0
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices Grant/ Temporary Rules/OAR #581-018-0500, 581-018- 0503, 581-018-0506, 581-018-0509, 581-018-0512 and 581-018-0515 5
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Cindy Hunt, ODE Rudyane Rivera-Lindstrom, ODE Markisha Smith, ODE
Rivera-Lindstrom explained grant and SB 103.
MOTION – Summers-McGee moved to approve. Summer seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Closing the Achievement Gap for American Indian/Alaskan Native Students Grant/ Temporary Rules/OAR 581-018-0520 to 581-018-0535 Cindy Hunt, ODE April Campbell, ODE
Campbell explained program and funding will be competitive.
Hunt explained one difference is this grant requires districts to work with tribes. This grant will be open a bit longer to allow those district/tribe partnerships time to come together to apply for this grant.
Henry: Agrees with and supports the requirement for districts to work with tribes.
Veliz: Community organizations are a critical piece in making these programs work.
MOTION: Summer moved to adopt. Bowen seconded.
VOTE: Passed 6-0
Support for Small/Rural Districts /OAR 581-018-0327 to 581-018-0336 Cindy Hunt, ODE Theresa Richards, ODE
Hunt explained a consistent piece of feedback on Strategic investments has been that small districts do not have grant writers and need help applying for grants.
Richards explained how ODE determined what is a small or rural school and the goal of supporting these districts.
Henry: Clarified that reporting will include responsiveness to the equity lens.
MOTION: Summers-McGee moved to adopt. Veliz seconded.
VOTE: Passed 6-0
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. STEM Lab School Grant/ Temporary Rules/ OAR 581-017-0335 to 581-017-0347 Cindy Hunt, ODE Jamie Rumage, ODE
Hunt gave context and background. Rumage gave status update on Regional Stem Hub grant and STEAM/TEM CTE Activities grant.
Rummage explained this grant. Intent of this program is to establish 3-5 STEM schools. Middle school through post-secondary (grades 6-14). Trying to design centers that will be a research base for best practices. Talked briefly about other schools around the country that are using some of these ideas.
MOTION: Veliz moved to approve. Martinez seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Eastern Promise Replication Grant Programs/ Temporary Rules/ OAR 581-017-0350 to 581-017-0362 Cindy Hunt, ODE Deborah Banks, ODE
Hunt gave context and background. Banks explained Eastern promise model and how ODE is trying to replicate that model in this grant program.
MOTION: Summers-McGee moved to approve. Bowen seconded.
VOTE: Passed 6-0
Accountability Under First Year of Smarter Balanced Doug Kosty, ODE Josh Rew, ODE
Kosty gave background and context. Focus of presentation today is how 2013-14 results will be used for accountability in the 2014-15 school year. Rew explained efforts and process to modify accountability system so that the results are valid, useable by DOE, and understandable for public.
Henry: When will we hear from federal government on our waiver?
Bowen: Asked about accuracy of comparing scores of OAKS and Smarter Balanced.
Martinez: Discussed competing goals and impact of those goals on how the results will be viewed.
Veliz: What is the fiscal impact and what is the feedback from people in the schools?
Next Generation Science Standards Cheryl Kleckner, ODE Kim Patterson, ODE
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Kleckner explained process and status of work. Goal today is to hear from the board what they need so that panel can be productive in February. Walked the board through a powerpoint presentation. Martinez: Should there be something more explicit about pedagogy and capacity to address historical inequities?
Gordon: Would love to see bundling of curriculum, so that reading and writing are incorporated in science instruction.
Oregon Applied Academics Project Update Tom Thompson, ODE Laura Roach, ODE
Roach introduced project and provided background context. Thompson walked board through a powerpoint presentation showing project outcomes.
CTE Revitalization Grant Update Tom Thompson, ODE Laura Roach, ODE
Thompson reported current status and walked board through powerpoint.
Henry: When will we have some data that shows an increase in engineering aptitude? Thompson explained steps ODE is taking to look at this.
Schild: What is ODE doing to reach out to districts who did not win to let them know (1) what the weaknesses are and (2) why they were not funded? Thompson discussed what ODE had done in terms of feedback.
Consent Agenda December 2013 Minutes Adult High School Diploma Common Core/Educator Effectiveness / OAR 581-018-0300-0325 Mentoring, Monitoring and Acceleration Grant Program / OAR 581-017-0200 to 0220 Fingerprinting for Early Childhood Education Programs /OAR 581-021-0500 Fingerprinting for Private Schools/ OAR 581-045-0586 Athlete Agents/ OAR 581-054-0007 Instructional Materials Criteria for CCSS Mathematics and English Proficiency 2014
MOTION: Summers McGee moved to adopt. Summer seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Physical Restraint and Seclusion/ OAR 581-021-0550, 581-021-0553, 581-021-0563, 581-021-0566, 581- 021-0568, 581-021-0569, 581-021-0570 Cindy Hunt, ODE Michael Mahoney, ODE
Hunt explained the proposed rules had a first read in October. Since then, the proposed rules have been presented to stakeholders across the state for feedback and ODE held a rules hearing.
Mahoney explained changes to the proposed rule since October.
Martinez: Question whether rule needs a definition of Seclusion Room and Seclusion Cell. Hunt explained use of term cell versus room that came out of the bill and legislative history. Board discussed whether a definition should be added or whether the concern could be addressed through ODE guidance to districts.
MOTON: Summers McGee moved to adopt with directive to ODE to address definition of seclusion room in guidance to districts. Veliz seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Review and Revision of State Instructional Materials Adoption Process Kim Patterson, ODE Mark Freed, ODE
Patterson explained ODE plan to initiate statewide workgroup to review current process and present new statutes to the Oregon legislature in 2015. Patterson explained reason for looking at revisions, including current process limits the materials that state is able to review and the impact of the current review process on equity and the fact that it is not reflective of current reality because now teachers are using many sources to create curriculum. Since December, CCSSO has convened a workgroup to look at state processes. Patterson and Freed will participate in that workgroup.
Freed explained some of the research provided to board members.
Henry: How does the current practice match with the reality of what is happening in schools?
Schild: Agrees current process does not allow for review of many materials that are being used by teachers.
Gordon: Many big box publisher materials come with consumable, such as workbooks. Often the consumables do not get fully used and it can be wasteful. Agrees technology and practice are moving faster than publishing industry.
Patterson: Asked board for what they would like to learn from conference. Henry: What are state similar to Oregon doing and is anyone doing something that we could learn from? 9
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Martinez: Who has tried to review and utilize a more flexible system and what have been the unintended consequences? Veliz: what are the states with high student achievement doing? Are they embracing flexibility or not?
Saxton: Asked for update on What Works Clearinghouse
Bowen: As a teacher she tended to use the adopted curriculum but pulled from other sources to supplement. Often times what was printed in history books about Native Americans was horrible. That impacts students. Focusing on one source limits the ability to share more than one perspective.
Patterson: As they have traveled the state and talked to district about the process, many districts are surprised about the state process and its limitations.
Freed: Explained his efforts to meet with districts to share information and get feedback. Results of his survey are in handouts.
Implementation of Facilitated Independent Review Process for CCSS Mathematics and Adoption of New Schedule for Materials Review Kim Patterson, ODE Mark Freed, ODE
Freed walked board through powerpoint presentation.
Henry: Do we have any idea of what the local processes look like? Freed: We have anecdotal evidence but need to talk to districts to learn more Patterson: We would like to help facilitate sharing between districts. If one district goes through an independent adoption, smaller districts could use the materials identified by that one district. Gordon: worked in two districts and process was very different in each district
Henry: How would this affect a district like Tillamook? Schild: This would be very helpful. Tillamook went through an independent adoption. Would be happy to share results with other districts.
Patterson: From an equity perspective, sharing independent adoptions between districts is important.
Schild: After last meeting he asked a group of 20 superintendents about the idea of pushing back the math adoption. None of those superintendents were concerned about a possible change in schedule.
Martinez: What stops a district from delaying adoption even though new materials are needed. Schild and Saxton discussed their respective experiences.
Martinez: Facilitated adoption will help districts who need to adopt and may be caught off guard by State not doing a review. What would a district going through independent facilitated adoption be giving up? 10
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Patterson: We can actually provide a bigger list for districts to review. For a small district, they may say we don’t have resources to go through a list. But we know that many districts do independent adoption anyway. Freed: Districts would not have a state list to adopt from. But districts will be able to see lists of adopted materials from other districts and can adopt off of those lists.
MOTION: Summers McGee moved to approve both staff proposals. Summer seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Poverty Determination for Purposes of State School Fund Distribution / OAR 581-023-0102 Cindy Hunt, ODE Michael Elliott, ODE
Elliott provided overview of the issue and why staff is recommending this approach. Shared feedback received. ODE held a rule hearing but received no public comment. ODE has received no written testimony. Elliott has had conversations with some districts. Some districts want a phase in; others do not.
Walked board through the new data runs. Data shows that swings are not as significant as they were in the first run. And not all movement is due to poverty. Staff is therefore recommending no phase in.
Schild: Shared this with superintendents in region and there are winners and losers in the region. Good discussion and at the end all agreed to implement without the phase in.
Summers-McGee: Likening this to a household, what is the impact on the districts that are losers if we just rip the money away. Hunt: Swings are within the normal range of shift that district superintendents expect. This does not catch them completely off guard.
Veliz: Is there any way to ensure that the poverty money is actually going to educate the kids in poverty. Hunt: It is local control. State cuts a check and then it is up to the district to spend. Martinez: At the end of the day the districts need to spend and hopefully do so with an equity lens. Feels very strongly that this improved accuracy is great and we should not hold off acting.
Serilda: What data were we using for the first data run and will we see these swings every year? Elliott explained data used and likelihood of big swings going forward.
MOTION: Martinez moved to adopt. Summers-McGee seconded.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Chair Henry adjourned the meeting at 3:25 pm. 11
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. CHARTER SCHOOL SUB-COMMITTEE
Chair Henry called the meeting to order at 3:35 pm.
Eagle Charter School Annual Report Kate Pattison, ODE Cliff Monroe, Eagle Charter School Administrator Nicolette Scott, Eagle Charter School Teacher Jennifer ______, Eagle Charter School Board Member
Monroe walked Sub-Committee through powerpoint presentation, including information on history, personnel, demographics, special education, micro society model, reading and math curriculum, assessment, continuous improvement, parent involvement, extracurricular activities, community involvement.
Board Member explained steps taken by board to stabilize school and board.
Schild: What can you do to recruit a more diverse population so that your demographics are more representative of the community. Monroe explained what school does currently and acknowledged need to increase diversity, especially Hispanic students. [Board Member] – We are surrounded by dual language schools in our neighborhood.
Summers-McGee: Asked for clarification on numbers for demographics.
Henry: What are three takeaways from the annual report? Monroe: o Retaining staff is key to school development because of professional development investment in micro curriculum. Happy they retained staff last year. o School campus – access to school lunch (60% of students are free and reduced and then get a meal) opportunity for physical activity o Bringing Media/PE Specialist into the school Board member o Financial stability allowed them to focus on improving curriculum by purchasing new curriculum and giving teacher professional development Teacher o What Micro brings to the table and student investment in their learning
Schild: Eagle should have better success than Salem/Keizer based on the demographics and class sizes. On average test scores are 15-18% Salem/Keizer. This is not good enough.
Board Member: Our poverty demographics are high. Around 60% free and reduced. 12
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Scott: Expecting better test results. Standards are at heart of what they are doing all day long.
Summers-McGee: Clarification on numbers of special education and ELL. Recommended changing how demographics are tracked to reduce confusion.
Summers McGee: What is the cause of unfavorable public image? Board member – Believes it is due to volatility at board level.
Summers McGee: Staff recommendation is to hold school to metrics. Do you think you will hit these metrics? Monroe: Yes. School improvement plan, working with ODE, new math curriculum, and other efforts should result in higher test scores. Requiring 10% each year is tough because one year may be 20% and one year may be 5%. with saying average 10% growth would be appreciated. Board Member: student population is more stable this year – fewer transfers in and out during the year. So testing should reflect learning during a full school year.
Schild: Recommends focusing on growth data.
Eagle Charter School Request for Renewal Kate Pattison, ODE Cliff Monroe, Eagle Charter School
Pattison walked sub-committee through staff recommendation regarding renewal. Henry: Would like to give them another year. Thinks the school is like a new school and we need to give another year before we make a decision.
Summers-McGee: if we don’t see assessment results come up this year, not comfortable sending kids back for another year.
Schild: 10% is not a huge number of kids to move because their population is small. This is a goal that the school should be able to accomplish.
Public Hearing on Eagle Charter School Request for Renewal:
Jennifer _____, Parent Two children in school. 5th grader with eagle charter since the school opened. He did not meet state standards first year. Last year, with accommodations and special instruction, he met standard for math and missed reading by two points. With help from special education team, he has had additional diagnosis come in and she is hopeful that he will meet standards this year. She also has a daughter at this school and she met standards and will continue to do so.
Teachers care about all children. Parents are incredibly invested. Additional year would be wonderful because it would allow kids to show what they can do. 13
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. New OAR Division for Public Charter Schools 581-026- Kate Pattison, ODE Cindy Hunt, ODE
Pattison explained feedback and revisions since last meeting.
Recommended by consensus to move it to the full board.
Chair Henry adjourned the meeting at 4:45 pm.
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION January 24, 2014 251-A/B Public Service Building 255 Capitol St., Salem, OR 97310
Members/Advisors Present Samuel Henry Board Chair Kevin Furey Advisor, CC Faculty Serilda Summers-McGee Board Vice -Chair Kevin Gordon Advisor, K-12 Teacher Angela Bowen Board Member Artemio Paz, Jr. Board Member Miranda Summer Board Member Anthony Veliz Board Member Members/Advisors Excused Randy Schild Advisor, K-12 Admin Patty Scott Advisor, CC President Kate Brown Ex Officio Board Member Ted Wheeler Ex Officio Board Member
Other Participants Rob Saxton Deputy Supt of Pub Inst. Emily Nazarov Board Staff, ODE Gerald Hamilton CCWD Interim Exec. Dir. Jan McComb ODE Iris Bell YDD Kate Pattison ODE Brenda Brooks YDD
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BOARD MEETING
Chair Henry called the meeting to order at 8:39 am. He called the roll and reviewed the agenda.
Public Comment
No comment.
Interim Executive Director Report Gerald Hamilton City Club study on GED. Have released draft with series of recommendations. Discussed issues around GED program.
Conversation at HECC and OEIB around the middle 40 in 40-40-20. What does that middle 40 look like nationally and in Oregon, and what should it look like in Oregon.
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Dual Credit work being done across the state. This afternoon looking at the work being done by a group of Presidents and Superintendents that came together to talk about this. Several other groups looking at this issue as well.
There will be a piece of legislation around workforce, specifically the issue of moving OWIB to be policy board of Oregon Employment Division (OED).
HECC has interesting task of figuring out how to allocate funds in two systems that allocate funds in categorically different ways.
Furey: Asked for more information on OWIB moving to OED. Hamilton: Discussed conversations happening now about moving OWIB to OED. OWIB has approved the move. Next step is legislation to allow that move.
Legislative Days Report Jan McComb, ODE
McComb explained ground rules for 2014 session, including how many bills are allowed and timelines for session.
List of 2014 bills posted last night. McComb highlighted bills that affect education.
Henry: Discussed history of mascot legislation and past advocacy and testimony by State Board members.
YDD Presentation Iris Bell, YDD Brenda Brooks, YDD
Bell gave a history of the YDD.
Bell and Brooks shared powerpoint presentation and gave an overview of the work YDD is currently engaged in. Discussed 2014 legislation affecting YDD.
Bowen: Thanked Bell and Brooks for their efforts.
Martinez: Is there a need for research to develop deeper understanding of vulnerabilities? Discussed work being done and on the to do list
Bell explained next steps and plan for moving forward.
Veliz: Expressed concern about whether community based non-profits will be brought able to access funding. Discussed application scoring and further discussed concern
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These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. Henry: Invited Bell and Brooks to return in April for further discussion.
Stakeholder Report
No report.
Report from Charter School Sub-Committee Chair Henry Vice Chair Summers-McGee
Pattison gave overview of yesterday’s sub-committee meeting. Explained recommendation of staff on renewal request, substance and process.
Martinez: Asked for clarification on growth requirement. Raised issue that statistical math is a nonlinear growth.
Summer: Raised issue that scores had dropped and asked for more information on school history. Henry and Summers-McGee explained school history, strengths and weaknesses, and board discussion regarding whether to look at one year of data or give time for more data.
Pattison provided some information on increased student stability and teacher retention.
Veliz: State Sponsored schools should be held to high standards, both the students and the adults.
Henry: ODE has made shifts including Pattison’s role and her ability to provide technical assistance to state sponsored charters. We have increased ability to give assistance to schools.
Summers-McGee: Explained that failure to make required growth would result in charter termination.
OAR Division 26 Revisions – Public Charter Schools Kate Pattison, ODE
Pattison gave overview of need for revisions and changes to proposed revisions since last meeting. Henry provided historical insight into need for revisions.
Motion by subcommittee to adopt Division 26. Seconded by Bowen.
Vote: passed 6-0.
Revision to Board Policy: Early Childhood Advisor Chair Henry
Henry testified regarding need for proposed advisor.
Discussion regarding parameters for advisor position, whether the advisor position should be ad hoc, ability to draw advice from ELD and ELC, and value of advisors to board members. 17
These minutes should be used as a guide to the digital recording of the meeting. Those who need detail will want to listen to the recording. MOTION: Summer moved to adopt proposed revision to board policy. Veliz seconded.
Discussion regarding board process for adoption of temporary rule, permanent rule, and plans to consider further revisions to board policy.
VOTE: passed 6-0
Chair Henry adjourned the meeting at 11:25 am.
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