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Stakeholders’ MeetingMarch 14, 2017

Carey M. Wright, Ed. D.

State Superintendent of Education

1. State Board Vision, Mission & Goals

2. Future Goals

3. Diploma Options

4. ESSA Timeline

5. Achievement School District update

6. Pending legislation

7. Budget cuts

8. Questions

Agenda

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Mississippi Board of Education

To create a world-class educational system that gives students the knowledge and skills to be successful in college and the workforce, and to flourish as parents and citizens

Vision

To provide leadership through the development of policy and accountability systems so that all students are prepared to compete in the global community

Mission

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1. All Students Proficient and Showing Growth in All

Assessed Areas

2. Every Student Graduates From High School and is

Ready for College and Career

3. Every Child Has Access to a High-Quality Early

Childhood Program

4. Every School Has Effective Teachers and Leaders

5. Every Community Effectively Uses a World-Class

Data System to Improve Student Outcomes

6. Every School and District Rated “C” or Higher

Board Strategic Plan Goals

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By year 2021 Mississippi will:

• Exceed national average for NAEP proficiency in

reading and math

• Increase average ACT score to 21

• Increase percent of 3rd graders reading on grade

level from 29% to 70%

• Increase percentage of students participating in

public pre-K from 4.5% to 50%

Big Goals for Student Success

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1 Traditional Diploma for All Students

24 Carnegie Units

• All students graduating from MS high schools will have the same basic requirements.

• This will increase the rigor for our students and will encourage active participation as they choose which endorsement they will pursue.

• Proposal includes no MOD/no CTE/no District Option/no Early Exit as a stand-alone diploma.

• Students must take Math or an equivalent course during their Senior year.

• No early release for students who have not met MS college-ready benchmarks

Proposed Diploma + Endorsement System

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Career and Technical

2 additional credits (CTE related)

CTE completer

Silver WorkKeys

Student is work ready.

Academic

2 additional credits

MS College Ready benchmarks

CPC courses + AP or other advanced

2.5 GPA

Student is college ready without remediation.

Distinguished Academic4 additional credits

National College Ready benchmarks

CPC courses + AP or other advanced

3.0 GPA

Student is college ready with honors.

3 Endorsement Options

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• The vast majority of students with disabilities are accessing the

Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards just like their

nondisabled peers. The student’s Individualized Education Program

(IEP) should identify the child’s strengths, needs, academic goals,

and accommodations necessary to support the student in attainment

of the MCCRS and corresponding coursework.

• All students with an IEP will be required to meet the graduation

requirements for the Traditional Diploma. They will have an

opportunity to earn endorsements above the MS Traditional Diploma

just as their non-disabled peers do. Additional endorsements

include: Academic, Career and Technical, and Distinguished

Academic.

Traditional Diploma

with/without Endorsements

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SB 2432 - Mississippi Occupational Diploma for

students with disabilities and career track program;

repeal.

• Provides that the Mississippi Occupational Diploma for

students with disabilities shall not be available to any

student entering the ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school

year or thereafter.

• Amends code section to provide that the Career Track

Program for students not pursuing a Baccalaureate

degree shall not be available to any student entering the

ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school year or thereafter.

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

July 1, 2017.

Mississippi Occupational

Diploma

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• Process must be implemented that encourages and

allows students currently pursuing an MOD to change or

switch to the new MS Traditional Diploma.

• Students are allowed to stay enrolled up to age 20 to

continue working towards this goal.

• Students who enrolled in 9th grade prior to 2017-18

would be allowed to complete the MOD curriculum if

their IEP Committee continued to determine this was the

students least restrictive environment.

MOD Transition Timeframe

Considerations

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The OSE has reviewed information in

consideration of establishing a State-defined

Alternate Diploma that would be available to a

student with a Significant Cognitive Disability

(SCD). The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

allows the inclusion of students with disabilities

who are awarded a State-defined Alternate

Diploma to be included in the State’s adjusted

cohort graduation rate.

State-defined Alternate

Diploma

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The State-defined Alternate Diploma must be:

1) Standards-based;

2) Aligned with the State requirements for the regular high

school diploma; and,

3) Obtained within the time period for which the State

ensures the availability of a free appropriate public

education (FAPE);

Conditions for the State-

defined Alternate Diploma

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ESSA Timeline

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ESSA Timeline: Next Steps

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Date Activity

Dec. 2016 – March

2017

Draft ESSA Plan Development

April 2017 – May 2017 MDE Leadership and ESSA Advisory Committee

Reviews Draft Plan

June 1, 2017 ESSA Plan Finalized

June 15, 2017 Initial Approval of ESSA Plan by State Board of

Education

June 15, 2017 - July

17, 2017

Public comment period, additional stakeholder

engagement meetings across the state

August 17, 2017 Final Approval of ESSA Plan by State Board of

Education

September 18, 2017 Submission of ESSA Plan to U.S. Department of

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Data Reporting

• Parents must be involved in state and local report card

design.

• Report cards must include full accountability information.

• State and local report cards must include district- and

school-level per-pupil expenditure, calculated uniformly

statewide.

• States must improve transparency of postsecondary

enrollment data to provide greater insight into student

preparation for postsecondary education.

Public Reporting

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Achievement School District

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• Legislation passed in 2016 to establish ASD

• ASD Planning Committee currently working on district

criteria for inclusion in first ASD

• ASD superintendent to be hired before the 2017-18

school year

• First ASD to launch in 2018-19 school year

Achievement School

District (ASD) Update

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2017 Legislative Session

Update

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HB 567 - Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to

18 years.

• Revises the definition of a compulsory-school-age child by increasing the maximum age

required for compulsory attendance to include children who have not attained the age of 18

on or before September 1 of the calendar year

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

HB 263 - Anti-bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for

by school districts

• Clarifies conduct that is considered bullying behavior

• Revises the provisions to be included in a school districts' anti-bullying policies

• Requires school districts to post the proper procedure for reporting bullying on their websites

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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CONSOLIDATIONS

SB 2461 - School district consolidation; require in Perry County.

• Provides that in the Perry County and Richton School districts there shall be an

administrative consolidation into one school district to be designated as the Perry County

School District effective July 1, 2019

SB 2463 – School district consolidation; require in Chickasaw County

• Provides that in the Chickasaw County and Houston Municipal Separate School District there

shall be an administrative consolidation into one school district to be designated as the

Chickasaw County School District effective July 1, 2019

Legislation Under

Discussion

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SB 2273 - Cursive writing; direct State Board of Education to

require in elementary education curriculum.

• Requires the State Board of Education to ensure instruction in

cursive writing as a part of the basic Elementary Education

curriculum

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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HB 1413 - Suspension and expulsion; clarify terms of disciplinary

action resulting in and provide due process.

• Clarifies the difference between disciplinary actions imposed upon

students resulting in five or more days of suspension or expulsion

from school

• Provides the right to such students to a due process hearing at

which they may be represented by legal counsel, present evidence

and cross-examine school district witnesses

• Provides for the right of appeal to the local school board

• Stipulates that the burden of proof in all disciplinary proceedings

shall be substantial evidence

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1,

2017.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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DIPLOMA OPTIONS

SB 2432 - Mississippi Occupational Diploma for students with

disabilities and career track program; repeal.

• Provides that the special Mississippi Occupational Diploma for

students with disabilities shall not be available to any student

entering the ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school year or thereafter

• Amends code section to provide that the Career Track Program for

students not pursuing a Baccalaureate degree shall not be available

to any student entering the ninth grade in the 2017-2018 school year

or thereafter

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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DISTRICT/SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT & CONSERVATORSHIP

SB 2431 - Failing school districts; authorize the State Board of

Education to place into "District Transformation Status."

• Authorizes the State Board of Education to appoint an Interim

Superintendent as opposed to a Conservator for the administration

of schools in a school district in which the Governor has declared a

state of emergency for violations of accreditation standards

• Authorizes the State Board of Education to place a school district in

which the Governor has declared a second state of emergency for

violations of accreditation standards into "district transformation

status" until it has attained a "C" rating and may return to local

control

• Districts that are eligible to be absorbed by the Achievement School

District but are not shall develop and implement a district

improvement plan with prescriptive guidance from MDE

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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DISTRICT/SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT & CONSERVATORSHIP

HB 875 - School accreditation and failing school districts; revise

process of state administration through process of district

transformation.

• Amends code sections relating to school and school district

accreditation, revises the designation of schools and school districts

under conservatorship as schools and school districts in district

transformation

• Renames the term conservator as interim superintendent

• Districts will have to maintain a “C” or better for five consecutive

years

• Districts not absorbed by the District of Transformation but are

eligible shall submit a district improvement plan to MDE for approval

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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DYSLEXIA

HB 1046 - MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with

Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.

• Expands the eligibility for the Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy

Scholarship for students with dyslexia program to include students in

grade 1 through grade 12

NOTE: this has been amended as a choice bill

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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FINANCIAL

HB 1296 - Financial Transparency in Education Act; create.

• Creates the Financial Transparency in Education Act

• Requires each local education provider in the state to create and

maintain a searchable expenditure and revenue website that

includes detailed data on all monies received and expended in the

local school district

• Requires each local education provider to maintain the data in an

easily accessible, searchable and downloadable format, and to post

comprehensive figures on total expenditures and per-pupil spending

• Requires each local education provider to submit the summary data

to the state to be aggregated and made available online

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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SUPERINTENDENTS

HB 32 - School superintendents; require appointment of in the

event of vacancy in elected office of before January 1, 2019

• Provides for the appointment of the superintendent in school districts

with an elected superintendent of schools in the event a vacancy in

office occurs before January 1, 2019 (Approved by Governor,

January 17, 2017)

SB 2398 - Qualifications for school superintendents; revise

• Shall have not less than six years which shall include at least three

years of administrative experience as a school building principal

• Has to be in a school with an “A” or “B” accountability rating or a

school that increased its accountability rating by a letter grade

• If a superintendent was elected in the November 15 general election

that occurs before January 2, 2019, the office of superintendent

shall be appointed by the school board

• This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1.

Legislation Under

Discussion

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Gov. Phil Bryant announced the third round of budget cuts for the

current fiscal year. We are working on how to absorb these cuts and

continue vital services to districts. MAEP was not spared in this latest

round of cuts.

Total MDE budget cut: $2,621,875

General Education $127,584

Career & Technical Education $2,494,291

Total MAEP budget cut: $11,207,191

MDE’s Budget Cuts

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Questions?

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