The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Board Documents - April 2019

Regular Meeting

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Newton North High School
Auditorium
457 Walnut St, Newtonville, MA 02460
Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Comments from the Chair
Comments from the Commissioner
Comments from the Secretary
Statements from the Public*

Briefing

Meeting Minutes

Routine Business:

Approval of the Minutes of the March 26, 2019 Regular Meeting

Agenda:

1. Welcome from Newton Public Schools

2. Report from the 2018-2019 State Student Advisory Council — Discussion

3. FY 2020 Education Budget Proposal from House Ways and Means Committee — Discussion

4. Special Education IEP Improvement Update — Discussion

Other Items for Information:

5. Chronically Underperforming Schools: Third-Quarter FY2019 Reports

6. Report on Grants Approved by the Commissioner

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Members

• Ms. Katherine Craven, Chair, Brookline
• Mr. James Morton, Vice Chair, Boston
• Dr. Edward Doherty, Hyde Park
• Ms. Amanda Fernández, Belmont
• Mr. Matthew Hills, Newton
• Ms. Maya Mathews, Student Advisory Council, Newton
• Ms. Margaret McKenna, Boston
• Mr. Michael Moriarty, Holyoke
• Mr. James Peyser, Secretary of Education, Milton
• Ms. Mary Ann Stewart, Lexington
• Dr. Martin West, Newton

Jeffrey C. Riley, Commissioner
Secretary to the Board

* The Board welcomes public comment on matters within its purview. Accordingly, the Board makes available a maximum 30-minute period at its regular meetings for persons in the audience to address the Board for no longer than 3 minutes. Written material of any length may be submitted. Preference will be given to persons who seek to address the Board on specific agenda items for the upcoming Board meeting. Agendas for upcoming Board meetings are generally posted 5 days prior to the meeting on the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's website. Persons wishing to speak are strongly encouraged to submit their request before the day of the meeting; contact information is provided below. Preference will be given to those who submit requests by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding the regular Tuesday meeting. If time permits, the chairman will allow members of the public who have not contacted the Department in advance to speak in the public comment period; those individuals must sign in prior to the start of the meeting. The chairman may limit the number of speakers due to time constraints and may increase or reduce the time allocated per speaker. While there is no requirement to submit written testimony, a speaker who elects to do so should submit 15 copies of the testimony prior to or at the meeting for distribution to Board members. Requests to address the Board, written testimony, and other inquiries may be transmitted by mail, e-mail, fax, or telephone to: Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, 75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148, Phone: 781-338-3112, Fax: 781-338-3770, E-mail: boe@doe.mass.edu.