At the March Board meeting, members approved revision of the K-5 Mathematics Standard Course of Study, adoption of a Praxis II test for licensure in Latin, staff recommendations regarding program approval exemption requests under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act as well as school-based calendar waivers for educational purposes, and its 2008-09 Supplemental Budget request.
Members discussed changes to the policy delineating the components of the ABCs accountability program including Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2007-08 school year, standards for school executive (principal) preparation programs, and the addition of elementary level (K-6) licensure areas in reading, English-as-a-Second language, and special education: cross-categorical.
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