Ed 306 Review of Minimum Standards

As required by statute, the New Hampshire State Board of Education is in the process of conducting a regular review of Ed 306, Minimum Standards for Public School Approval .

On May 15, 2013, the State Board adopted the Initial Proposal for Ed 306 .

• We are now accepting comments for all constituent groups.

The Board will be holding public hearings on:

• August 19, 2013
• September 9, 2013 (North Country)
• September 26, 2013

Thursday April 25th content area staff and content area representatives met to discuss and develop this program area sample format to re-write the program requirements in the minimum standards for public school approval for recommendations to the State Board.

Steering Committee Meetings

As a result of the April 23rd steering committee meeting please see this multi-colored document outlining the progression of the conversation of the relevant sections of Ed 306 which shows how Competencies vs credits has developed.

At the meeting of April 23rd the group reviewed the text identified in the document below "summary of the April 4th discussion" The group also identified other areas where clarification of language was needed.

Summary of the April 4 discussion
continued discussion of this document updated as a result of the March 14 meeting as annotated.

March 14, 2013 Document Competencies vs credits
February 7, 2013
January 14, 2013
January 7, 2013
December 10
November 13

A steering committee of stakeholders was established to assist us with recommendations to the State Board for this review.

The Charge of the Committee is to:

• Update the entire 300 series Minimum Standards with respect to the ESEA Flexibility Waiver, and College and Career Ready Standards,
• Make crystal clear the expectations in the minimum standards as they pertain to state adequacy input requirements, and
• Create a more consistent and common format for the curricular standards.

Members of the Steering Committee
Judy Fillion, Chair	NH Department of Education
Keith Burke	NH Department of Education
Mary Mayo	NH Department of Education
Superintendents
Mark Joyce	NH School Administrators Association
Jeanne Richards	South East
Tim Mayes	South Central
Dean Cascadden	South West
Kathy Cuddy-Egbert	Lakes
Harry Fenson and alternate Judy McGann	North Country
NH School Principals Association
Dan Clary
Peter Durso
Peter Bonaccorsi
Ted Comstock	NH School Boards Association
Brendan Minnihan	Professional Standards Board

Proposed Timeline for Rulemaking

Please note the date change for the State Board meetings August 2013, October 2013, and January 2014.

May 15, 2013	State Board approves Initial Proposal
August 19, 2013	Public Hearings held by State Board
September 9, 2013	Public Hearings held by State Board
September 26, 2013	Public Hearings held by State Board
October 24, 2013	State Board adopts final proposal
December 19, 2013	JLCAR review
January 14, 2014	State Board adopts rule

Additional Links

• RSA 193-E:3-b
• EducationWorld
• International Association for K-12 Online Learning

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