Meeting of the Alaska State Board of Education & Early Development

The Alaska State Board of Education & Early Development will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on September 18, 2014, starting at 8:00 a.m. and September 19, 2014, starting at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Anchorage School District board room, 5530 E. Northern Lights Blvd., Anchorage, AK. The public is invited to attend.

The board will take public comment on agenda and non-agenda items on Thursday, September 18. Comment at this oral hearing is limited to three minutes per person and five minutes per group. Public comment can be made for this meeting, during this time only, by calling 1-855-463-5009 if you are outside of Juneau. For participation from Juneau, call 463-5009. This meeting will be streamed through the Legislative Information Office over http://www.alaskalegislature.tv/  beginning at 8:00 a.m. on September 18, and 8:30 a.m. on September 19 (audio only). Click on the meeting name to listen to the meeting proceedings.  When public comment is over, the meeting will continue to be broadcast at the above web site.  

Comment also can be made by visiting your local Legislative Information Office (LIO). The following LIO’s will participate: Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Cordova, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Mat-Su, Nome, Seward, Sitka, and Unalaska. For more information about LIO’s, call 465-4648. In the event there are more than two hours of public comment, the board may move to amend the agenda to extend the oral hearing to accommodate those present before 7:55 a.m. who did not have an opportunity to comment. The board also reserves the right to adjourn at a later time.

The purpose of the meeting is to hold a work session and a business meeting. Topics at the work session include Mount Edgecumbe’s science curriculum, Career & Technical Education, Pre-Kindergarten, funding, teacher certification and PRAXIS update, Chief School Administrator and Superintendent, arts education, assessment development and technology practice test. The board will consider nine regulations to go out for public comment regarding charter schools, correspondence, accountability updates, residential school application, assessment updates, natural and cultural history repository, math credits, restraint and seclusion, and standards. The board also will consider adopting regulations regarding high school exit exam elimination and challenging of courses.

Topics at the business meeting include regulations, listed above, that may be adopted. Also, standing reports on teaching and learning support, assessment, rural education, budget and legislation, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, legal matters, the Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums, and the Commissioner’s report. The board will consider approving the minutes of recent meetings.

The board may amend its published agenda. Agenda times are estimates only and the board may consider agenda items out of order without amending its agenda.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate should contact Lisa Miller at 907-465-2802, or e-mail Lisa.Miller@alaska.gov at least five days before the accommodation is needed.  For more information, call: 907-465-2802.