From: Peterson, Mark
To: Rep. McKell, M.,
Subject: Utah State Board of Education Meeting Agenda for Oct. 9 and Oct. 10, 2014
Date: 2014-10-07T21:31:37Z
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Utah State Board of Education Meeting Agendas
for October 9 Superintendent Candidate Interviews
and October 10 Regular Board Meeting

 

 

If you are having difficulty seeing this e-mail or wish to go directly to the full agenda, please visit http://www.schools.utah.gov/board/Meetings/Agenda/Current-Agenda-(1).aspx.

The Utah State Board of Education will interview finalists for State Superintendent of Public Instruction on Thursday Oct. 9 and hold their regular meeting Friday, Oct. 10 at the Utah State Office of Education, 250 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. The Board is scheduled to consider hiring a new superintendent on Friday. The complete agenda along with more information about agenda items can be found here. Thursday’s interviews with the four finalist for State Superintendent will be open. Both meetings will be streamed live here, but only the full Board meeting – and not committee meetings –will be streamed on Friday. Shortly after the end of the meeting a summary of major action taken by the Board will be posted here.

Highlights of the Board meeting include:

·       Possible appointment of a new State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

·       An update on school accountability and calculation of school grades in light of the new SAGE tests.

View the complete Board agenda.