January State Board Meeting
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa
January 27, 2011

AGENDA*

State Board Legislative Reception
Room 116, State Capitol

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. 
Legislative Reception           

State Board Business Meeting
State Board Room, Grimes State Office Building

9:30 a.m. 
1. Call to Order

2. Approve the Agenda

3.  Communication
a. Public Comment
b. Director’s Report

4. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes (Tab A)
b. Rules: Chapter 41 - Special Education (Adopt) (Tab B)
c. Rules: Chapter 96 - Local Option Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure (Notice) (Tab C)
d. Rules: Chapter 102 - Procedures for Charging and Investigating Incidents of Abuse of Students by School Employees (Adopt) (Tab D)
e. Rules: Chapter 103 - Corporal Punishment Ban; Restraint; Physical Confinement and Detention (Adopt) (Tab E)
f. Rules: Chapter 43 - Pupil Transportation (Notice) (Tab F)

9:45 a.m.  
5. Rules: Chapter 36 - Extracurricular Interscholastic Competition (Notice) (Tab G)

6. Rules:  Chapter 81 – Standards for School Business Official Programs (Notice); School Business Officials Report to the  State Board of Education (Tab H)

10:15 a.m. 
7. Appeal Decision: Waterloo Dress Code (Tab I)

8. Appeal Decision: Cedar Falls Student Suspension (Tab J)

11:15 a.m.   
9. Practitioner Preparation Program Approvals (Tab K)
• Upper Iowa University Practitioner Preparation Program
• William Penn University Practitioner Preparation Program

12:00 p.m.  
10. 2010 Condition of Iowa Community Colleges (Tab L)

12:30 p.m.  
LUNCH

1:00 p.m. 
11. Online Learning (Tab M)

2:00 p.m.  
BREAK

2:15 p.m. 
12. Competency-Based Education (Tab N)

4:15 p.m. 
13. Board Reports

4:30 p.m.  
ADJOURN

*Times are approximate and may need to be adjusted.