{"id":87513,"date":"2024-10-18T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=87513"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:58:32","slug":"stateboard-oct-22-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/stateboard-oct-22-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland State Board of Education Meets Tuesday, October 22\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MEDIA CONTACT:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raven Hill, 410-767-0486<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"mailto:raven.hill@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">raven.hill@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Maryland State Board of Education Meets<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>Tuesday, October 22\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>BALTIMORE (October 18, 2024) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 The Maryland State Board of Education will meet Tuesday, October 22 at 9 a.m. at the Nancy S. Grasmick State Education Building, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), 200 W. Baltimore St., in the State Board Room (7th floor).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this meeting, the State Board will consider adopting the fourth version of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandpublicschools.org\/stateboard\/Documents\/2024\/1022\/Comprehensive-Literacy-Policy-A.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comprehensive Pre-K to 3 Literacy Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This policy aims to guide efforts in enhancing early literacy outcomes and reflects robust engagement with stakeholders and deliberation of the board. The State Board will conduct a vote on the revised policy, which reflects the incorporation of public feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, the State Board will review information on the status of federal grant programs and the MSDE financial reporting system. An informational update will be presented regarding the progress and findings of the Assessment and Accountability Task Force and Technical Advisory Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The meeting will include special recognition of the 2023-2024 Principals of the Year, and introduction of new superintendents from various school systems.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Public Comment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The State Board welcomes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandpublicschools.org\/stateboard\/Pages\/PublicComment.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">public comment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> both in-person and virtually during meetings. Registration is limited to 10 individuals on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the maximum number is reached, additional individuals may be placed on a waiting list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public comment registration opens the week before the Board meeting date and ends at 3 p.m. on Monday, October 21. Interested individuals can register by completing this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=U8MsVePDVk6Uspj01BuhjAWdJhZ7kOJKgQFDWwi4NEdUOFMzQlNDMDNDN0VPWjU5QkhVUTE0UlFEUC4u\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Confirmed registrants for public comment will be notified. Comments are limited to three minutes for each speaker and monitored by staff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandpublicschools.org\/stateboard\/Pages\/meeting-agendas\/2024\/1022\/2024-10-22.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">agenda and livestream<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are available online. The meeting will also be on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ntJNq8pJGJE\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>###<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland State Board of Education will meet Tuesday, October 22 at 9 a.m. at the Nancy S. Grasmick State Education Building, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), 200 W. 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