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(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) will hold its regular meeting via video teleconference on Dec. 4-5. The Dec. 4 session will begin at 1 p.m. ET and the Dec. 5 session will begin at 9 a.m. ET. The majority of board members plan to attend in-person at the Kentucky Department of Education (300 Sower Blvd., Frankfort).
KBE has statutory authority to manage all common or public schools in the Commonwealth and all programs operated in such schools.
A dedicated public comment segment is included on the board’s agenda. The board will reserve 30 minutes to receive public comment from any person regarding items that appear on the board’s agenda for that meeting, as well as general public comments regarding issues within the jurisdiction of the board.
A person who wants to speak to the board must sign up on the day of the meeting, indicating his/her name and the topic on which he/she will speak. Each individual will be limited to three minutes during the public comment segment of the meeting to speak on the issue(s) indicated on the sign-up form. Individuals will be called to speak to the board in the order they appear on the sign-up form.
Once the 30-minute segment for public comment has been exhausted, the board will not hear further comments during the meeting. If multiple members of an organization wish to provide public expression, membership of that group may be asked to select one person to comment.
Public criticism of individual staff members or individual board members is prohibited. Since no individual board member may act on behalf of the board, concerns about the board’s actions should be directed to the board as a whole.
To allow for appropriate consideration, written comments also will be accepted via email and distributed to members for review; however, the comments may not be read during the meeting. Anyone who wants to submit public expression may email kbe@education.ky.gov prior to the close of business on Dec. 3. Individuals must provide their name and an email address where they can receive a response.
Members of the public may watch the meeting in-person at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) or a livestream of the meeting will be available on the KDE Media Portal.
People with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations by noon ET on Dec. 3 by emailing Taylor Perry at taylor.perry@education.ky.gov or calling him at (502) 892-6174, ext. 4851.
Announcement of this meeting is pursuant to the Open Meetings Act.
A full agenda follows:
Kentucky Board of Education Regular Meeting
Dec. 4, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
Watch Live on the KDE Media Portal
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
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Internal Board Business
- Summary Minutes for Oct. 7, 2024, KBE Regular Meeting; Oct. 8, 2024, KBE Regular Meeting; and Nov. 20, 2024, KBE Awards Committee Meeting
- Recipient of the 2024 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award (Action/Discussion)
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Consent Agenda
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Certification of 704 KAR 8:070, Kentucky Academic Standards for Historical and Cultural Influences of the Bible Elective Social Studies Course
- KDE Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., KDE Chief Academic Officer Micki Ray Marinelli, and KDE Policy Advisor Sarah Peace
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Approval of 2024-2025 Local District Working Budgets
- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
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2024-2025 Tax Rates Levied
- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
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Federal Carl D. Perkins Consolidated Annual Report (CAR)
- KDE Associate Commissioner Beth Hargis, Ed.D., and KDE Branch Manager Karla Tipton
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Area Technology Center Salary Schedule
- KDE Associate Commissioner Beth Hargis, Ed.D.
- Appointments to KBE Standing Committees
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Litigation Report
- KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen
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United We Learn/Teaching and Learning Committee (NOTE: Committees will meet simultaneously)
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Kentucky United We Learn Council Update
- KDE Chief Performance Officer Karen Dodd and KDE Strategic Data Analyst Leslie McKinney
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State Schools Committee
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Kentucky School for the Blind Accreditation Results
- KDE Associate Commissioner Gretta Hylton and Division of State Schools Director Shannon Sparkman
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Action/Discussion Items
- Report on United We Learn/Teaching and Learning Committee on Action/Discussion Items
- Report on State Schools Committee on Action/Discussion Items
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Hearing Officer’s Report - KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen
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Agency Amendment to 704 KAR 3:535, Full-time enrolled online, virtual and remote learning programs
- KDE Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel Todd G. Allen (Action/Discussion)
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Review Items
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Kentucky Board of Education and Commissioner’s Expenses Report
- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross
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Kentucky United We Learn Assessment and Accountability Framework
- KDE Division Director Jennifer Stafford, Ed.D.
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Legislative Preview
- KDE Director of Government Relations Brian Perry, Ph.D.
- Adjournment
Kentucky Board of Education Regular Meeting
Dec. 5, 2024, 9 a.m. ET
Watch Live on the KDE Media Portal
Agenda
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
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Public Comment Session
- This segment is limited to 10 speakers at a maximum of 3 minutes each. If there are multiple members of an organization, we encourage the membership of that group to select one person to comment.
- Good News
- Board Member Sharing
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Report from the President of the Council on Postsecondary Education
- President Aaron Thompson, Ph.D.
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Report from the Secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet
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Report from the Commissioner of Education
- Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.
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Action/Discussion Items
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704 KAR 3:315, Certification of Nonpublic Schools
- KDE Associate Commissioner Kelly Foster, Ed.D., and KDE Policy Advisor Matthew Courtney, Ed.D.
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Waiver Request from the Hardin County Board of Education Related to Section 4(4)(b) of 702 KAR 4:050, Traversing Easements
- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross and KDE Division Director Chay Ritter
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Review Items
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Boyd County Update
- KDE Associate Commissioner Matt Ross
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2023-2024 Data At-a-Glance and Statewide Efforts to Support Teaching and Learning
- KDE Associate Commissioner Rhonda L. Sims, KDE Associate Commissioner Kelly Foster, Ed.D., and KDE Chief Academic Officer Micki Ray Marinelli
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Presentation of the Kevin M. Nolan and Mary Ann Miller Award for Outstanding Public Service to Kentucky Schools
- Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D.
- Adjournment
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