10 23 2012 COP Agenda

							                       Committee of Practitioners Agenda
                          Tuesday, October 23, 2012
                         Holiday Inn Express - Kearney


 Welcome

 Nebraska Open Meetings Act Reminder

 New Members
    o Susan Evans (ESU 10)
    o Kraig Lofquist (ESU 9)
    o Scott Gregory (Geneva North)

 Public Comment

 Approval of Minutes from July 17, 2011 Meeting (handout)

 State of the Schools Report (SOSR)
     o Preview window
               October 9 – November 8, 2012
               Audit AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) Data
               Nebraska Accountability
                     NeSA Summary, NeSA Reading, NeSA Math, NeSA Science,
                        NeSA Writing, NePAS
               Open to Public
                     Mid-November

 ESEA/NCLB Program Updates
    o Time and Effort revised guidance (handout)
            NDE working on clarification as to what will be accepted
            Will add assurance to 2013-14 applications that are federally funded
    o Title I
            Allowable Expenditures (handout)
            FY 2012 Revised Allocations (Title I-A and Title I-D)
            Comparability (Update on calculating in-house)
    o Title I Distinguished Schools to be recognized at Title I Conference
            Category 1: School that has exceeded AYP for two or more years
                    Papillion-LaVista - Golden Hills Elementary
            Category 2: School that has significantly closed the achievement gap
               between student groups
                    Millard – Sandoz Elementary
    o School Improvement Grant (SIG)
            SIG Monitoring May 2011
                    2 findings
                    Responses submitted 9/29/2011, 4/25/2012 & 9/10/2012
                    Working with USDE to resolve
            2012-13 is the last year for Cohort 1 schools (Crawford Elementary,
               Santee HS, Santee Elem., Lincoln-Elliot Elem., Madison Elem., Minatare
               Elem., Winnebago HS)

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 WORKING LUNCH (served at Noon)

 ESEA/NCLB Program Updates Continued
    o Title III: Language Acquisition
            Monitoring May 2-6, 2011
            Working to resolve findings
    o Title IV, Part B: 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC)
    o Title VI: REAP—Rural Education Achievement Program
            SRSA—Small Rural School Achievement Program
            RLIS –Rural Low-Income School Program
    o Title X, Part C: Education of Homeless Children and Youth
            Backpacks
    o Title I, Part B: Even Start Family Literacy
    o Title I, Part C: Migrant
    o Title I, Part D: Delinquent
    o Title II, Part A: Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund

 Other

 Next Meeting
     o March 19, 2013 @ Kearney Holiday Inn Express -TENTATIVE




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