The Monitor, a summary of the monthly Maryland State Board of Education meeting, is sent electronically to all members, board staff, and education advocates. Below are past Monitors, along with handouts from state board meetings. (The state board does not meet in November.)
April 24, 2012
Agenda Items:
COMAR, Programs for Homeless Children
RTTT Focus Area: STEM Standards of Practice & STEM Education Definition
Transition to the New Assessment System & Common Core
Recognition of Maryland's Milken National Educator
Government High School Assessment
Alternative Governance Proposal
Request for Calendar Modifications
COMAR, General Secondary Areas, Trades & Industry, Other Academic Subjects
March 27, 2012
Agenda Items:
Online Learning & MD Public Education
Proposed Regulatory Changes (PSTEB)
Teacher & Principal Evaluation
March 28, 2012 – MABE comments on student discipline report & proposed COMAR changes
February 28, 2012
Race to the Top Focus Area: Transition to the Common Core Standards
-Memo
-Handouts
Update: Next Generation Science Standards
-Memo & Handout
English Language Development Standards
-Memo
Regulatory Changes – School Counselors
-Memo
-Handout
Gifted and Talented Education
-Memo & Handout
-Dec. 16, 2011 Public Comment
Report: A Safe School, Successful Students, and a Fair and Equitable Disciplinary Process Go Hand in Hand
Report
Legislative Update
-Memo
-Handout (bills)
-Handout (proposed shift)
Public Comment
-Comment, Stephen C. Bounds, Director of Policy & Legal Services, MABE
January 24, 2012
Teacher Certification Regulations
- Specialized Professional Areas
- Child Support:Enforcement
Race to the Top Update
- Annual Report
Race to the Top Focus Area: Early Learning Challenge Grant
- Memo, Presentation
Common Core Standards Curriculum & Assessment Update
- Memo, 3rd Wave of Reform Timeline, Testing Timeline, PARCC Timeline, Assessment Design
Educator Effectiveness Council Report
- Memo
ESEA Flexibility/Waiver Request
- Memo, Presentation
Financial Literacy Education Update
- Memo, Report. Waivers
December 2011
State Board Appeal Filing Procedures & Deadline Regulations
National Distinguished Title I Schools
Race to the Top Focus Area:
The Breakthrough Center
Memo and Presentation
Master Plan Update
Memo and Presentation
Long-Term Discipline: Procedures and Educational Services
Memo, Joshua Parker's Remarks, Michelle Shearer Remarks
Academic Eligibility for Sports Guidelines
MSDE Legislative Proposal
Background Checks for Informal Childcare Providers
State Superintendent Search:
Results of Public Input on Leadership Profile
Memo and Draft Report
ESEA Flexibility Application Update
MSDE's Federal Legislative Priorities
Whistleblower Protection Regulations
Reportable Offenses Regulations
Student Records Manual Regulations
PSTEB Proposed Teacher Certification Regulations
- Secondary Content Areas
- CTE-Related Changes to Content Areas
- World Languages
October 2011
Gifted & Talented Education Regulations
Race to the Top (RTTT) Update
- Presentation and Deliverables
RTTT Focus: Educator Information System
- Memo & Presentation
Minimum Academic Eligibility for Interscholastic Athletics
Defining Career Readiness
- Memo & Presentation
2011 High School Assessments & Graduation Rate Results
- Memo & Presentation
No Child Left Behind (ESEA) Flexibility
Long-term Student Discipline Procedures and Services Panel
