Meeting of the Board of Regents | March 2012

MARCH 2012 AGENDA & MATERIALS

Agenda

Committee Reports

Full Board of Regents

Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES)

Audit/Budget and Finance

Higher Education

P-12 Education

Professional Practice

State Aid

Full Board of Regents

• Charter Applications for March 2012
  
• Summary of the February 2012 Regents Meeting
  
• February 2012 Fiscal Report
  
• Appointment to the Position of Executive Secretary, State Board for Nursing
  
• Findings and Recommendations of the Independent Review of the Department’s Test Integrity Policies and Procedures
  
  • PowerPoint: Ensuring the Integrity of the New York State Testing Program (Report of Investigator Henry Greenberg)
    
  • Report: Review of the NYSED Processes and Procedures for Handling and Responding to Reports of Alleged Irregularities in the Administration and Scoring of the State Assessments
    
• Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Assessment Design and Development Update
  
  • PowerPoint: The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
    
• Regents Review Panel - The Honorable Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch, Lester W. Young, Jr., and Kathleen M. Cashin
  
• Approach to Statewide Computer-based Testing Transition Plan
  
  • Table: States reporting offering CBT for their K-12 Statewide Assessments
    
• Proposed Amendment of Sections 87.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, Relating to Due Process Procedures for Criminal History Record Checks of Prospective School Employees and Applicants for Certification
  
• Petition of the Jamestown City School District for Consent to Exceed the Constitutional Debt Limit
  
• Proposed Amendment of Sections 200.4, and 200.16 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Preschool and School-Age Individual Evaluations
  
• (Re)Appointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions And (Re)Appointments of Extended Members to the State Boards for The Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Licensure
  
  Restoration and Moral Character Panels
  
• Regents Permission to Operate in New York State: Mansfield University
  
• Regents Permission to Operate in New York State: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  
• Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions
  
• Amendment to Section 100.2(o) of the Commissioner’s Regulations and Addition of a New Subpart 30-2 to the Rules of the Board of Regents, Relating to Annual Professional Performance Reviews of Classroom Teachers and Building Principals
  
  PowerPoint: Annual Professional Performance Review
  
  
  

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Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES)

• ACCES-VR Employment Outcomes and Strategies for Improvement
  

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Audit/Budget and Finance

• State Education Department February 2012 Fiscal Report
  
• Board of Regents Oversight – Financial Accountability
  

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Higher Education

• Elyon College Establishment: Associate in Science (A.S.) in Judaic Studies and an Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Accounting and Business Technology
• Statewide Plan for Higher Education, 2012-2020
  
• Smart Scholars Early College High School Program
  
  
  
  • PowerPoint: Smart Scholars Early College High School Program
    
• Proposed Amendment of Subpart 4-1 of the Rules of the Board of Regents Relating to Institutional Accreditation for Title IV Purposes
  
• Federal Legislative Changes to the Use of Ability to Benefits Test for Title IV Purposes
  
• Teacher Performance Assessment for Initial Certification
  

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P-12 Education

• Renewal Decisions for Charter Schools Authorized by the Board of Regents: Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School, Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School, and Western New York Maritime Charter School
  
• Revisions of New York’s English Language Proficiency Standards
  
  • PowerPoint: Common Core Bilingual Standards
    
• Amendment to Section 100.2 (c) of the Commissioner’s Regulations, Relating to Instruction in Civility, Citizenship and Character Education
  
• Amendment of Section 100.2 (l) and Addition of Section 119.6 of the Commissioner’s Regulations, Relating to Codes of Conduct
  
• Expansion of Career and Technical Education Integrated Course Options
  
• PowerPoint: Strategic Plan for School Turnaround
  

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Professional Practice

• Proposed Amendment to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Waivers from Corporate Practice Restrictions for Special Education Schools and Early Intervention Agencies to Provide Services Under Section 6503-b of the Education Law
  
• Proposed Amendment to the Rules of the Board of Regents and the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Implementation of a Practice Privilege in Public Accounting
  

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State Aid

• Regional High Schools
  

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March 22, 2012