Agenda - January 14, 2009

New Hampshire State Board of Education
State Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301

I. Call to Order - 9:00 A.M.

II. Pledge of Allegiance

III. Public Comment

IV. Open Board Discussion

A. Malcolm Baldridge natioal Quality Program

V. Special Presentations

A. 9:45 A.M. - Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) Child Care and Family Resource Center, Christina Tarness
B. 10:15 A.M. - SAKAI, Peter Warburton
C. 10:45 A.M. - NH Mentoring Plan for Principals, Pegg McAllister
D. 11:15 A.M. - High School Redesign, Paul Leather
E. 11:45 A.M. - The Nature School Foundation, Cynthia Hajjar

VI. 12:45 P.M. - Legislative Issues, Sarah Browning

VII. New Department Business

A. Rulemaking, Sarah Browning

1. Initial Proposal - ED 507 and ED 612, English Language Arts and Social Studies
2. Initial Proposal - ED 1120.05, Parental Refusal of consent; Initiation of Due Process, heaing by LEA

VIII. New Board Business

A. Priorities of State Board
B. Education Reform

IX. Commissioner's Report

X. Old Business

XI. Consent Agenda

A. Minutes of December 10, 2008
B. Approval of Professional Preparation Programs, Southern New Hampshire University
C. Appointment to Nonpublic School Advisory Council, Lyn Kutzelman
D. Tuition Contrct Between the Mason and Milford School Districts
E. Student/Manchester School Board - SB-FY-09-09-004 - Dismissal
F. Appointment to Professional Standards Board, Kathleen Norris
G. Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District Amendment to Aritcles of Agreement, Sarah Browning

XII. Other Business

XIII. Tabled Items

XIV. Nonpublic Session

XV. Adjournment - 1:30 P.M.