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(1) TEACHER/SPECIAL SERVICE PROVIDER INDUCTION PROGRAM
Approved the proposed Teacher/Special Services Provider Induction program at the following:
[The Educator Licensing Act requires school districts hiring new and new-to district licensed educators to implement induction programs approved by the SBE. In addition, the SBE rules require a cyclical review of induction programs.]
(2) ENDORSEMENT PREPARATION PROGRAM
Approved the Linguistically Diverse Bilingual Educator Preparation Program at Regis University. [Regis University’s LDE program was "provisionally" approved by the SBE in May 2006. Materials submitted by Regis for this purpose were reviewed and are recommended for approval, based on the alignment of the Regis LDE preparation program to the SBE’s teacher performance-based preparation standards, including literacy preparation requirements, and all relevant SBE-approved endorsement standards.]
(3) DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
(These remain confidential until action is taken by the Board.)
(1) FUNDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS UNDER ECEA
Approved payments to school districts and administrative units for Special Education Programs under the ECEA (Exceptional Children’s Educational Act) identified on the submitted list. [Under the state special education funding formula, administrative units will receive $1,250 for each child with disabilities that was reported on the December 1, 2006, special education count. An additional $6,000 will be distributed to administrative units for a percentage of the children reported on the December 1, 2006, count with the following disabilities: significant limited intellectual capacity, significant identifiable emotional disability, hearing disability, vision disability, autism, traumatic brain injury, deaf-blind, and multiple disabilities. This percentage is determined by the amount of funding appropriated. Currently, the number of children with disabilities is not available for all of the new Institute charter schools. Estimates have been used for those schools in preparing the submitted list of payments. In order not to over- or under-pay the Charter School Institute, and thus affect appropriations to other administrative units, only 90 percent of the available funds will be paid to administrative units at this time. In February, the State Board will be requested to approve payments of the remaining 10 percent. At that time, actual December 1, 2007, count figures will be used for the new Institute charter schools for which count figures are currently not available.]
(2) FUNDING FOR FAMILY LITERACY EDUCATION
Approved funding for proposed grants for Family Literacy Education. [Funding was authorized by state statute in the amount of $200,000, which will be distributed to the proposed programs as determined by a competitive request for proposals process. Readers of the proposals included experienced family literacy and adult educators and CDE staff members.]
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
Appointed to the Advisory Committee for School Capital Construction the members on the existing committee. [SB07-041 establishes within CDE an Advisory Committee for Public School Capital Construction to develop facility and safety priorities, execute a priority assessment of the school buildings and facilities in certain school districts, and select projects to recommend to the State Board for approval. The Committee is to consist of no more than 14 members: the chair or designee of the Senate and House Education Committees, the Commissioner of Education or his designee, and up to 11 members appointed by the State Board from urban, rural, and suburban school districts. An advisory committee has existed since the beginning of the Capital Construction Grant Program and is an integral, highly functioning part of the program. All of the members of the existing committee have expressed a desire to continue serving on the committee. The following are the members: Gail Schwartz (designee, State Senator), Judy Solano (Vice Chair of House Education Committee), Ed Steinbrecher (former Deputy Commissioner at CDE, former superintendent, and former director of an association of public school finance professionals), Adele Willson (principal architect at SlaterPaull Architects), Dick Dunn and Dick Hill (retired architects and both previously directed the former Rural Educational Assistance Program at CSU which aided rural school districts with facilities), John Canfield (president of Trident Engineering which specializes in mechanical and energy engineering and consultant with the Governor’s Office of Energy on K-12 school facilities), Mike Maloney (Director of Facilities at Colorado Springs 11), George Latuda (former Director of Construction/Facilities at Jeffco Public Schools), David Gray (superintendent of Huerfano School District), Arden Harms (board member Frenchman School District), Don Unger (retired superintendent of Poudre School District), Dennis Geise (retired superintendent of Buena Vista School District and currently a contractor providing assistance to small rural districts on construction projects), and Ed Vandertook (chair of the existing Advisory Committee and Director of the Mountain BOCES).]
(2) BASIC GRANTS TO BOCES
Approved payment of $10,000 to the Larimer BOCES. [For budget years commencing on or after July 1, 2007, the SBE, subject to available appropriations, is required to award at least $10,000 to each eligible BOCES. There are 20 BOCES that are eligible for grants in FY2007-08, for a total of $200,000. Any amount received by a BOCES is to be used to fund professional educator development in standards-based education pursuant to the plan adopted by each school district pursuant in each school district that is a member of a BOCES and in any non-member school district that chooses to participate in a professional educator development program with any BOCES. At the August 9, 2007, meeting, the SBE approved payments to the other BOCES, but there was a delay in paying the Larimer BOCES while staff confirmed that it is a recognized BOCES based on the financial audit.]
(3) APPOINTMENT TO EDAC
Approved the appointment of Jeanne Boice-Wiley as the replacement for a person with special education expertise for the vacancy on EDAC (Educational Data Advisory Committee) created by an unexpected resignation. [The unexpected resignation of the special education representative from the Pikes Peak region necessitates an immediate replacement from an unrepresented geographical region and area of expertise. Jeanne Boice-Wiley, Special Education Director of East Central BOCES (Northeast region) has been recommended by EDAC members and staff to fulfill this role.]
Approved emergency Type III educator authorizations for 20 initially and 5 renewals on a vote of 5:2 (DeHoff and Littleton dissented). [Local districts may request Type III Emergency Authorization to employ non-licensed teachers, principals, administrators, or special services providers if they agree to provide an induction program. The SBE’s approval is based on consideration of whether the district has demonstrated a shortage of licensed personnel and the employment of non-licensed personnel is essential to preserving the instructional program and to the well-being of the children enrolled.]
Approved the projects to be funded for the Capital Construction Grant Program from the "Powerball Spillover." [On November 7, 2000, Colorado voters approved Referendum E allowing the Colorado Lottery to participate in multi-state lottery games and the use of spillover funds for school capital construction. The Powerball Spillover funding becomes additional funding for the Capital Construction Expenditures Reserve. The SBE has the authority to provide funding from the School Capital Construction Expenditures Reserve to school districts for construction. The amount of Powerball spillover funding from FY2006-07 is $8,219,905. SB07-041 requires that funding be allocated to assist the Advisory Committee for Public School Capital Construction for establishing public school facility and safety priorities, for public school facility assessment priorities, and additional FTE to be funded from the Lottery funding. For FY2007-08 the State Board is to approve an amount not to exceed $391,000 from the Lottery funding for this purpose.]
Littleton asked to have this taken off the consent agenda to point out how much money is being spent to improve school buildings.
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