The Board of Regents met on June 20-21, 2005. Major actions and discussions by the Board relating to elementary, middle, secondary and continuing education are noted below. Summaries of the Board of Regents meetings and written material on agenda topics can be accessed through the Board of Regents web site at http://www.regents.nysed.gov .
Action
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Approval of the proposed amendment to Section 100.2(p) of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to the registration of schools and school/district accountability.
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Approval of the petition of Fonda-Fultonville City School District for consent to exceed the constitutional debt limit.
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Approval of the revisions to the existing charters of the Bronx Charter School for Children and the Williamsburg Charter School.
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Approval of the renewal of the charters for the John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School and The Brooklyn Charter School for a period of one year.
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Approval of the proposed charter for the Niagara Charter School.
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Approval of the proposal to phase in the 65 graduation standard and to establish an appeals process, effective September 1, 2005.
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Appointment of Carl L. DeHaney to the Roosevelt Union Free School District Interim Board of Education.
Discussion
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Proposed amendments to Part 200 of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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Proposed amendment to Part 105 of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to the composition of boards of education of special act school districts.
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Proposed amendment to Section 175.5 of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to the use of superintendents' conference days.
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Report on response to recommendations of Mathematics Standards Committee recommendations on mathematics graduation requirements.
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Report on selected health conditions that impact student achievement.
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Report on violent and disruptive incident reporting and criteria for identification of persistently dangerous schools.
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Approval of mathematics graduation requirements
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Approval of Annual Report on the Status of the State's Schools (Chapter 655 Report)
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Report on Regents 2006-07 conceptual proposal for State Aid to schools
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Review of draft Regents policy statement on early childhood education
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Approval of nonpublic high school registration
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Approval of public school registration
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Discussion of proposed amendment to Section 136 of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to school health services
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Approval of proposed amendment to Section 100.5 of the Commissioner's Regulations relating to the phase in of the 65 graduation standard on required Regents examinations