Board Documents — February 2021

Special Meeting*

The Monday, February 22, 2021 Special BESE meeting will be held remotely. The meeting will be live-streamed beginning at 5:00pm — https://livestream.com/accounts/22459134

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148
Monday, February 22, 2021, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Career and Vocational Technical Education: Update — Discussion

Attachments:

1. Career and Vocational Technical Education Special Meeting PowerPoint
2. Massachusetts Career Vocational Technical Education Waitlist Report for 2020-2021 (FY21)

Regular Meeting*

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148
Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

* We will follow the Commonwealth's health and safety guidelines, including limiting the number of people in our meeting room. As always, the meeting will be live-streamed. https://livestream.com/accounts/22459134

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

Briefing

Routine Business:

Approval of the Minutes of the January 26, 2021 Regular Meeting

Agenda Items:

1. School Reopening Update and Proposed Next Steps — Discussion

2. Career Vocational Technical Schools — Recap of Special Meeting Discussion

3. Charter Schools

   1. Amendments for Regional Charter Schools (Holyoke Community Charter School and Marblehead Community Charter Public School) and Maximum Enrollment (Lawrence Family Development Charter School and Lowell Community Charter School) — Discussion and Vote

   2. Renewal and Report on Probation for Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School — Discussion and Vote

4. Amendments to Student Learning Time Regulations, 603 CMR 27.00 (Standards for Remote Learning and Hybrid Learning) — Discussion and Vote to Adopt Permanent Regulations

   Attachments:
   1. 603 CMR 27.00 Strikethrough version of regulation showing amendments
   2. Summary of public comment
   3. Public comment ***
   4. Motion
   
   

5. Update on Education Budget — Discussion

   Attachments:
   1. FY2022 Governor's House 1 Budget Summary
   
   

Other Items for Information:

6. Report on Grants and Charter School Matters Approved by the Commissioner

   Attachments:

   1. Renewal of Charters — Notification of Intended Actions for Alma del Mar Charter School; Learning First Charter Public School; and Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School

   
   
   
   

Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Members

• Ms. Katherine Craven, Chair, Brookline
• Mr. James Morton, Vice Chair, Boston
• Mr. Jasper Coughlin, Billerica, Student Member
• Ms. Amanda Fernández, Belmont
• Mr. Matt Hills, Newton
• Ms. Darlene Lombos, Boston
• Mr. Michael Moriarty, Holyoke
• Mr. James Peyser, Secretary of Education, Milton
• Mr. Paymon Rouhanifard, Brookline
• 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 Chair 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 Chair 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.

*** Due to the volume of documents, limited web server space, and the Department's commitment to achieving meaningful accessibility to this online environment for all users, but most particularly for users with disabilities (we follow specific Commonwealth Enterprise Standards designed to meet the needs of our citizens with disabilities), we are unable to post this document on our webpage. Please send an email to boe@doe.mass.edu to request the document and we will respond promptly. Thank you. Phone: 781-338-3112, Fax: 781-338-3770, E-mail: BoardofEducation@mass.gov.

Last Updated: February 19, 2021