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Administrative Procedures Act (APA) Notice
DIVISON OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION
Proposed Revisions of Miss Admin. Code 7 Part 107,
Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines
On August 15, 2024, the State Board of Education (SBE) granted approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process: To revise Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 107: Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines by amending certain existing criteria and establishing new criteria for federal reporting, onboarding new providers, closing providers, and deleting programs
Background Information: In accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-3-2 there is established within the MDE the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development. It shall be the purpose and duty of the commission to make recommendations to the Mississippi Board of Education regarding standards for the certification and licensure and continuing professional development of those who teach or perform tasks of an educational nature in the public schools of Mississippi.
On May 20, 2021, the Mississippi State Board of Education voted to approve and establish the Mississippi Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines. The 2021 Mississippi Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines replaced the 2006 Administrative Process and Performance Review as codified in Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 107.
Subsequent revisions were approved by the State Board on February 17, 2022, and April 19, 2023. On February 17, 2022, the State Board approved revisions to the requirements for literacy coursework for Elementary Education licensure-track programs (K-6). On April 19, 2023, the State Board approved revisions to reporting requirements for common assessments, recruitment plans and sunsetting programs for program review, standards alignment for literacy coursework, and changed an eighteen (18) hour concentration for Elementary Education to twelve (12) hours.
On July 12, 2024, at its regular meeting, the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development granted approval of the recommended revisions for the 2024 Mississippi Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines which include edits to existing language, the establishment of new policies, and transfer of the procedural aspects of program review to an EPP Program Review Workbook. The EPP Program Review Workbook will include the procedural program review templates, assessment rubrics, and associated forms for requested new programs, modifying programs, and/or deleting programs currently included in the Mississippi Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines. Therefore, no additional program review components are required.
Feedback specific to the proposed federal reporting requirements was initially requested from EPP Deans on January 24, 2022, and March 2, 2023. Feedback on all proposed revisions was received from education shareholders on February 6, 2024, during the Workforce Advisory meeting facilitated by the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center in collaboration with MDE staff, EPP Deans, and local district Superintendents. Additional feedback on all proposed revisions was received during site visits to EPP campuses conducted by MDE staff from March 28 – May 6, 2024. Twelve (12) of the fourteen (14) EPPs participated.
The Division of Educator Preparation is requesting approval for the following revisions to Miss. Admin. Code Title 7: Part 107: Educator Preparation Provider Process and Performance Review Guidelines.
Requested Revisions:
- Revise the State Report Card section and establish a new section to define criteria for federal Title II reporting requirements for At Risk of Low Performing and Low Performing EPPs
- Revise current State Review Processes and establish new sections for new EPP approval, closing an EPP, and EPP continuing state approval
- Revise the Student Teacher Placement Report to remove certain requirements
- Revise the current Program Review section to revise language and establish a new section for Deleting Programs
- Remove the EPP Program Review Directions section and transfer it to the EPP Program Review Workbook
- Remove the Appendices section and transfer it to the EPP Program Review Workbook
Please submit written comments to Dr. Cory Murphy, Office of Teaching and Leading, 359 North West Street, Post Office Box 771, Jackson, MS 39205-0771. You may also submit comments in writing by email at (licensure@mdek12.org).
All public comments must be received in the Division of Educator Preparation no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 23, 2024.