Roll call. Mr. Pell? >> Here. Mr. Pell present. Dr. Armstrong? Dr. Armstrong not present. Mr. Burken? >> Here. Mr. Burken present. Mr. Cole? Mr. Gallot? Mr. Gallot not present. Mr. Castillo?
Here. Mr. Castillo present. Ms. Champagne? >> Here. Ms. Champagne present. Dr. Clark? Here. Dr. Clark present. Mr. Harris? Mr. Harris not present. Ms. Holloway? >> Here. Ms. Holloway present. Ms. Mellion?
Here. Ms. Mellion present. Mr. Morris? Mr. Morris absent. We have a quorum. Great. Thank you. I think Ms. Holloway has a motion relative to the agenda that she would like to make. Thank you. I move to amend the agenda to remove item 3.1 from the
agenda. Is there a second to that motion? So, a motion seconded by Mr. Burken. Uh any objection to that motion? Seeing none, that motion passes. Item 3.1 has been removed from the agenda. Next item, please. Your first item is on page
three, item 2.1, consideration of the recognition of honorees. The recommendation is to recognize. Right. Uh only I can get a motion by Mr. Burken uh and Senator Pell. Uh Mr. Superintendent. >> Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Castillo. As
you can see, we have uh a room full of individuals today that we are excited uh to honor uh for various reasons. Uh we try to, as much as possible as an agency, alongside you as a board, celebrate the good work that's happening across schools in the
state of Louisiana. Uh and there is so much to celebrate. Uh we have made so much progress, and it's a testament to the hard work of individuals in schools uh doing their jobs and doing them well, and going above and beyond every single day. So, we're set uh today uh to recognize uh
both students uh and educators and support staff from across the state, um and various LDOE staff will be coming to the table to make those recognitions, um and we're really excited about it. And we're going to start with Dr. Keith Leger, who uh has some important
information uh surrounding his work uh with the Beta Club. Thank you, Superintendent Brumley. Beta Club officers, leadership reps, and state council uh members, please go to the front. Okay, good morning. I'm Keith Leger, and
I have the privilege of serving as chair of the Louisiana Beta Club State Council, as well as representing Louisiana on the National Beta Club Board of Directors. The National Beta Club was founded in 1934 by Dr. John Harris, a professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Today,
there are over 450,000 active members and more than 9,600 clubs nationally and internationally. It is the nation's largest independent nonprofit education-based youth organization. The mission statement of the Beta Club
is to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership among elementary and secondary school students. In Louisiana, there are over 1,200 Beta Clubs and almost 52,000 Beta Club members from 4th
through 12th grades. This year, over 24,000 students, sponsors, and parents attended the Louisiana Beta Club State Conventions held in the the Lafayette Cajun Dome and Raising Cane's River Center in Baton Rouge, at which students participated in
almost 200 unique competitions, including academic tests. You heard that right. Students have volunteered to take tests, performance performance arts, officer campaigns, quiz bowl, speech, creative
writing, engineering, living literature, robotics, show choir, visual arts, and many others. Students who finished in the top five in all categories qualify to compete at the national convention, which this year will be held in Nashville, Tennessee
this summer. Statewide officers were elected by their peers at their respective state conventions. Leadership representatives were selected by National Beta Club staff at Leadership Summits. It is my honor to present to you the
newly elected Louisiana Beta Club officers, leadership representatives, state sponsors, and some members of our State Council. Abel Olive Olivier. Braylen Olivier.
Baylor Boudro. I messed up. I'm going to say their name, and I'm going to go back, and I'm going to say their school, too, so we'll know where they came from. Let's start over. Abel Olivier, Arnaudville Middle School. Braylen Olivier, Arnaudville Middle School.
Baylor Boudro, Sorrento Primary School. London Coleman, Plaucheville Elementary. Beau Zeringue, St. Bernard School. Tucker Patton, S.J. Welsh Middle School. Go Colts.
Noah Blackwell, F.K. White Middle School. Daisy Jamerson, Merryville High School. Jacques Paul LeDoux, S.J. Welsh Middle. Kate Dentremont. Denham Springs High School.
Hayden Latimer, French Settlement High. Ramsey Lash. French Settlement High. Maya Werley. Sam Houston High. Amaya Dugas, Lake Charles College Prep. Zion Jenkins.
Franklinton High School. Hunter Packard. Kaplan High School. Colt McFerrin. North DeSoto High. Ava Webb. Buckeye High School. Those are our newly elected uh statewide
officers and leadership reps. Big round of applause, please. We also have some uh some state sponsors and state sponsor elects. These folks are uh are an integral part in putting on our state conventions and uh and assisting all of
our club sponsors throughout the year, and we're fortunate to have some of them in um in attendance, as well. Nikki Clark from Plaucheville. Michelle Premo from North North Vermilion. Christina Boudro from St. Bernard School.
And Rhiannon Schmidt from Denham Springs High School. Round of applause for those folks, please. And then, serving alongside me on the State Council, we have Ms. Ashley Townsend, who also works for the Department of Ed. Mr. Ken Warsham and Ms. Delaine Donnell.
Thank you. We'll take a group group picture, and then we'll head out. Dr. Leger, I want to thank you, as well, for all the work that you do leading the Beta movement, not just in Louisiana, but your service nationally on that uh as well, as well as Ms. Townsend for her
help. So, thank you for all you do for that important organization. Okay, we'll keep moving. Dr. Singleton. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Ernie Singleton, and I I will start by recognizing the Louisiana delegates and alternates for the United States Youth
United States Senate Youth Program. The United States Senate Youth Program is an intensive week-long educational experience and scholarship sponsored by the United States Senate for outstanding high school students who are interested
in pursuing careers in public service. This prestigious program includes Washington Week, an intensive experience designed to deepen students' understanding of the federal government, and provides each delegate with a $12,500
undergraduate scholarship funded by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Now, I will announce Louisiana's 2026 delegates. Delegates, when I call your name, please come forward and remain forward until all honorees have been announced.
Once done, we will get a group photo. Alaina Alexeeva from Jefferson Parish Schools. Owen Este from St. Tammany Parish Schools. Accepting on Owen's behalf are his parents, Amy and Stephen Este.
Owen declined the delegation due to being accepted into the United States Senate Page Program. And Anthony Plaisance from Lafourche Parish Schools. Louisiana's 2026 alternate is Tyler Wood.
Congratulations to these outstanding student leaders. Congratulations again. Purple The Purple Star School designation honors schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to serving military-connected students and families. Purple represents unity across all
branches of the United States Armed Forces. And it is especially meaningful that we recognize these schools during April, month of the military child. We recognize the following schools designated from April 2025 through
February 2026. Each school has already received a Purple Star banner and a certificate. Honorees, please come forward when I call your name and remain up front for a group photo. From Beauregard Parish Schools, K.R.
Hanchey Elementary School, Sally Fort Principal. From Pinewood Elementary School, Alaina Bradford, Principal. From Bossier Parish Schools, Haughton Elementary School, Eva Johnson, Principal.
From Caddo Parish School System. Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Robin Dubose, Principal. Fairfield Magnet School, Amy Williams, Principal. Northwood High School, Shannon Wall, Principal. And South Highlands
Elementary Magnet School, Heather Williams, Principal. In total, there are 47 schools in Louisiana designated as Purple Star Schools. We commend these schools for their dedication to military families.
Congratulations. I am now pleased to announce the state level honorees for School Health Service Provider Award. With five finalists recognized for their expertise, commitment to growth, advocacy, and contributions to school health services.
Honorees, please come forward when I call your name and remain for a group photo. Meredith Lejeune Woods, Nurse, Jefferson Davis Parish. Lacie Thomas Fontenot, Speech Language Therapist, Livingston Parish.
Abby Como Russell, Physical Therapist, Ouachita Parish. Mary Margaret Hildebrand, Occupational Therapist, Ouachita Parish. Sheree Richards, Licensed Behavioral Health Provider,
Plaquemines Parish. And congratulations to the School Health Service Provider of the Year honorees. Thank you. Good morning. My name is Joni Lacey and I serve on the school system relations team under the leadership of Assistant
Superintendent Trey Folse. I am pleased to be here today to announce this year's state level finalist for the Outstanding School Support Employee of the Year Awards Program. This program recognizes the vital contributions of support staff across
Louisiana schools, including paraprofessionals, clerical staff, custodians, food service workers, maintenance staff, bus drivers, and bus drivers, all who play an essential role in school success.
Honorees, as I call your name, please come forward and remain standing for a group photo. Alex Huckaby, Food Service Worker from Bossier Parish. Couldn't be here today, but congratulations just the same.
Krista Aucoin, Clerical Worker from Calcasieu Parish. Krista Townley Moss, Paraprofessional from Monroe's from the City of Monroe Schools.
Jordan Barfield, Clerical Worker from Franklin Parish. Colette Allman, Clerical Worker from Lafourche Parish. Michelle Robichaux, Clerical Worker from Plaquemines Parish. Richard Aaron Spring, Paraprofessional
from St. Tammany Parish. Nikki Leboeuf, Paraprofessional from Terrebonne Parish. Lisa Cass, Paraprofessional from West Baton Rouge Parish. And Carlos Cesar De Leon, Food Service
Worker from West Feliciana Parish. Congratulations to these outstanding honorees. >> Congratulations again and thank you for your service. Now, I am honored to introduce the 2026 National Rise Overall Honoree.
The Rise Award is a national award that is given to one honoree within the United States. This award recognizes school support staff and all states are invited to submit a candidate to the national competition. For the second year, Louisiana has
submitted our outstanding overall school support honoree of the year. And I'm excited to say that Louisiana's candidate, Ms. Donella Wagner, uh of St. Mary Parish was selected as the nation's overall Rise Honoree.
Please help me in welcoming and congratulating Louisiana's 2025 Outstanding School Support Employee of the Year and the nation's overall Rise Honoree. And she's got with her today her
And uh Ms. Wagner has brought her national obelisk today uh to share with you. St. Mary. St. Mary. As we conclude, we'd just like to once again congratulate all of today's
honorees. And in a moment, as we exit, several honorees here today will transition to a reception at the Old State Capitol where this year's overall honorees will be named for two of the award programs here today. Food and beverages for the reception are
generously provided today by APEL. And with that, we'd like to say a thank special thank you to Dr. Keith Courville for his continued support. Thank you. Mr. Castille, I I just want to make a note of Ms. Wagner's accomplishment. You know, we recognize a number of of
support staff uh in the room today at the state level and we're we're thrilled about that. But Ms. Wagner's award, just to reemphasize, she's essentially the the nation's support employee of the year. Um so that's a really big deal and in fact um uh
Secretary of Education for the United States Department of Education, Linda McMahon, actually flew down to have breakfast with Ms. Wagner uh and honor her. So we were excited to to host uh Secretary McMahon um for breakfast and it was nice, Ms. Wagner,
to be served that breakfast, wasn't it? Yeah. So we're we're so thankful for you and all that all that you do. So thank you so much. And and also want to acknowledge uh Dr. Keith Courville with APEL for their continued support of all of all of the programs
um that the department um endeavors to provide for um individuals across the state of Louisiana. Uh thank you, Mr. Superintendent. Let Let me add that this is certainly a proud moment for the state of Louisiana and education here in our state. Uh all
of our honorees who are recognized today are testaments to the success and hard work of so many people across the the state. So congratulations to to everyone and keep up the good work. Uh next item, please.
Your next item is on page 38, item 4.1, consideration of revisions to bulletin 126, charter schools, regarding charter governance and eligibility >> Is it something I said? Uh everybody's leaving. I I'm sorry. I I We can do it all over again.
Have a great day, everyone. The recommendation is to approve. Uh may I get a motion, please? Ms. Gallot? Move. Yes. Uh Mr. Burkins seconds. Uh board on on Yeah, just
two things, Mr. Castille. Um one is just a general announcement for the board. Um today is a um a loaded day for us as an agency because we have Bessie, but we also have House Education and we have Senate Education
committees taking place all all today. And so I have um various members of our team that are across the street um because we assign staff members to all of the education bills to to see them through. And um just wanted to
acknowledge to the board that there may be times during the day when we may need a particular staff member, but they're not here because they're across the street at either House or Senate Ed. So bear with us today. We have a lot going on. We'll do our best to support you uh throughout the day.
Um also just want to note that on this particular item that you are considering, um we worked with the charter schools on this item and this is consistent with past practices. Uh one of the um uh recommendations we're making is that when we consider renewal
um for charter schools uh for this particular year, um we're going to look at um the revised school performance score and we're also going to look at the former school performance score that they were operating under for a period
of time and then we will use um the the best of those two scores to make their renewal decisions. Um this is consistent with past practices and it it airs on the side of grace to to the charters in this particular case. So just wanted to acknowledge that.
Right. I'll also make a note that we have one public comment card. Uh Ms. Caroline Romer supports the recommendation, but does not wish to speak. Uh any questions or comments from the board? Any objections? Hearing seeing none,
that motion passes. Next item? That concludes the agenda. Thank you very much. We are now adjourned.