##VIDEO ID:hZtG2paOT90## e e e is disclosed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act the State Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place thereof posted in the Department of Education Secretary of State's office and notice has been given to the state House Press sces the governor's office and the state board agenda subscribers and as a quorum is present this meeting will now come to order may I please have a motion thank you very much Dr butcher may I please have a second thank you very much doctor you are you a oh Mr shahada thank you and immediately uh we'll go into executive session and ajour to do so whereas in order to protect the personal privacy and to avoid situations wherein the public interest might be deserved the open public meetings act permits public bodies to exclude the public from that portion of a meeting of which certain matters are discussed now therefore be it resolved that consistent with the provision of njsa 10 colum 4-12 B the State Board of Education will now address journ to the executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters may I please have a motion motion thank you very much sir I appreciate it may I please have a second second thank you all those in favor please say I I any opposed please say nay motion carries thank you thank you we'll be back at 10 o'clock e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e good morning everyone um I'd like to please convene to resume our public portion of this meeting where whereas consistent with the provision of njsa 104-112 B the state board will now adjourn from executive session to resume the Open Session portion of our meeting May I please have a motion thank you very much board member Peña appreciate it and may I please have a second thank you very much board member shahada thank you all those in favor please say I I any opposed please say nay any extension we will uh go ahead with our Pledge of Allegiance thank you and we are being led by board member pñ i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible withy and justice for all thank you as the State Board of Education meetings are accessible to the public we're viewing on a YouTube channel I would like to advise that YouTube does provide readily accessible languages and translation options with closed captioning if you are viewing this simoc cast currently you can use the settings option in YouTube for information about subtitles automatic translations in multiple languages now I'd like to go ahead and ask for an approval of the minute on October 2nd that were distributed to the board members may please have a motion thank you very much sir may I please have a second who said it on oh thank you very much board member Kean all those in fa uh wait any discussion or uh comments about the meeting from October 2nd hearing none all those in favor please say I I and any oppose please say nay any extensions the minutes from October 2nd will pass thank you for regarding public testimony for the month of November the state board will receive public testimony on chapter 30 evaluation of performance of school districts state board members um Ned Dr Ned Johnson Dr Ron butcher Dr claudian Keenan and myself will hear testimony as a reminder public testimony will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of our monthly business meeting pursuant to the resolution that the State Board of Education adopted on September 4th 2024 the resolution is posted on the department's website for the month of December State Board of Education will not hold public testimony as there are no topics scheduled and now I'd like to go ahead with the reports and ask please our our very wonderful state board student member Miss Anna pasit who is a senior at Palmyra High School in Burlington County her advisors here today are M Kelly Jones and M Kim Martino if you'd stand up and thank you for coming thank you and Anna we're ready to hear your thoughts thank you president Goldenberg and good morning everyone as the school year continues on in full swing students work hard at their school work both in and out of the classroom what also cannot go unnoticed is the Avid participation in extracurricular activities by students of all ages as incredible as the extracurriculars are that traditionally Thrive year after year it's also exciting to learn about the new clubs and sports that are being introduced in schools across the state I got the inspiration for this report topic from my own high school Spiel hockey team for my first two years of high school my school did not have a team due to low student interest for nearly a decade during my junior year a creative solution was presented my high school created a Cooperative team with another small local high school that was struggling to sustain its field hockey program since we are still working on recruiting more girls and has certainly struggled in different ways however the perseverance of those who have participated last year and this year is significant the reinstatement of our team has made me wonder what other clubs and organizations at schools across the state are in their first and second years of activity or perhaps making a comeback after years of dorcy to find out more about what new clubs Sports and extracurriculars were being put into place in middle and high schools in New Jersey in the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 school years I created a survey that was distributed to the student council advisers at njasc member schools in the monthly advisor report and our njc directors also sent out the survey to middle and high school students who had participated in njc's leadership training this past July I was pleased to receive information about many new clubs and activities at New Jersey's middle schools in particular it is a big year for new clubs and activities at Melvin H KPS Middle School in Mercer County the school has introduced SE several new clubs and organizations including chess club which remains active year round and give students the opportunity to participate in chess tournaments and practice their skills creeps which serves the sixth seventh and eighth grade students of East Windor Township School District is also starting a class for students who identify as lgbtq plus to serve as a community and a safe space for its members 2024 to 2025 is also the school's first year with a football team that will compete against other local middle schools as well as an organized flag football program at Branchburg Central Middle School in Somerset County a proposal for a fishing club is currently in the works and students are hopeful for this unique opportunity this 6 to eth grade school also recently reinstated their Dungeons and Dragons club during the 2023 to 2024 school year and excitement is building as they continue to expand the club and AD members this year fiser Middle School which serves sixth or eighth graders in Ying Township Mercer County is starting an odyssey of the Mind Club Odyssey of the mind is an organization that uses steam values to solve problems creatively for example one of the problems the organization presented is for teams to construct a working vehicle using various energy sources and participants are encouraged to use their creativity to comp Solutions rather than having one right answer Odyssey of the Mind problems involve writing design construction and Theatrical performance fiser is also starting a flag football team and has introduced a drama program that is in its first year Thomas R Grover Middle School in the West Windsor Plainsboro School District in Mercer County is starting several new clubs this year at Grover students will now be able to join a circuit program a Dungeons and Dragons club and a pollinator Garden Club the pollinator Garden Club will work work to support biodiversity in the school Community by maintaining a pollinator Garden on the school campus and creating a monarch butterfly waste Station these clubs will provide opportunities for students with a wide range of interest in years to come at Manchester Township High School in Ocean County a variety of new clubs are forming in the 2024 to 2025 school year including fashion Club Marksmanship club and knitting club Manchester also has its first girls flag football team blinding the opportunities for female students who enjoy particip ipating in athletics at my school palmy high school in Burlington County our mock trial team is looking forward to its second year of competition in a Statewide mock mock trial competition run by the New Jersey bar Foundation last year in the team's first year palmire placed fourth in the county with 10 students on this team this year with student interest more than doubled the number we are looking forward to building our program and moving up the board extracurriculars are an important way for students to become involved in their school community and interact with their peers while giving them an opportunity to explore interests outside the classroom starting a new club or team is no easy feat but determin students and teachers across the state are excited and ready to better their school communities by increasing extracurricular opportunities for students in New Jersey thank you thank you very much so interesting about Dungeons and Dragons um any comments at this time yeah just that quick comment I as somebody in my scho high school growing up I helped start varsity team as well one I didn't participate in but I love that you're involved also just a honesty of the mind is something I participated in completely forgot about until you just brought it up and so that was a blast so anyway thank you very much for your comments uh and I appreciate uh all the work that you did to get that team stabilized and able to going forward thank you here use this one I also want to thank you because you came to the New Jersey Schoolboard association meeting and you sat on a panel with state board members and answered questions like a champ and were tremendous at all of your thoughts and very appreciated so thank you for that thank you you did a great job okay any other comments at this time hearing none um and we'll please go forward now to our state board committee reports and board member bobro if you'd like to start what's wrong if you'd like to start with the October 28th um board meeting that you presided over please the instructional committee also met a instructional policy committee and we'll go ahead with um Dr Johnson leading the discussion on that thank you good morning thank you uh the instructional policy committee met on October 29th 20 uh 2024 to uh discuss the proficiency level of cut scores for weda alternative access assessments for kindergarten through uh grade 12 this item is actually on excuse me today's agenda for consideration uh so I will not uh elaborate on uh our committee discussion uh the department also presented an overview of Chapter eight standards and assessments we discussed chap the chapter's um existing rules in anticipation of chapters read adoption in 2025 thank you sir and I see Elaine I can see you moving so if you'd like to take off your muted button and discuss with us the policy meeting that you ran for administrative policy you are muted at this moment Elaine okay I can do that for you because it appears that you can't take off the mute button on this end we can't do that for her I see okay so the administrative policy committee met on October 28 elain vro is our chairperson for that committee um they met and discussed the sunset read-option with amendments to regulatory equivalency and waiver regulation since this item is on today's agenda for adoption I will let the board discuss that when it's time thank you so much and Alaine thank you for leading that committee okay now we have the resolution and recognition for the parent teacher Association membership month in New Jersey and we very happily have our board member uh Dr Claudine Keenan who will lead us in that resolution thank you thank you madam president whereas the new Jersey parent teacher Association PTA is an association advocating for the benefit of children's education and well-being by focusing attention on issues affecting youth public education and whereas for more than 124 years the New Jersey PTA has served the needs of children teachers parents and schools through active volunteerism and whereas the New Jersey PTA promotes family engagement in schools and community ities advocates for public education and provides a network of local state and National voices speaking together on behalf of all children and whereas among millions of members of the national PTA the New Jersey PTA has more than 87,000 members in more than 600 local ptas and whereas the strength of the PTA lies in its membership the volunteers who tirelessly devote themselves to making the world better for Children and Youth now therefore be it resolved that the New Jersey state board of education and the acting Commissioner of Education encourage everyone to become advocates for children and show their support for their local PTA or the Garden State PTA which is the Statewide local PTA and be it further resolved that the New Jersey state board of education and the acting Commissioner of Education commend the hardworking individuals and members serving in their local state and National roles in PTA and recognize November 2024 as New Jersey PTA membership month thank you madam chair thank you very much and now um if I could ask please for a motion um for the resolution to be considered at this time time all those in favor please say I thank you thank you can you turn it off um thank you and could I um could I ask now that the uh state board please if there are any comments at this time but I would like to ask the State Board vote on the resol on the resolution all those in favor please say I I I oh I didn't get a second thank you thank you thank you thank you very much sorry we got a little distracted sorry um all vot so you have seconded the motion thank you all those in favor please say I I any opposed any extensions okay um motion passes and now I'd like to um bring uh the federal legislative chair Miss Lynette Howard and the New Jersey parent Teachers Association of the New Jersey parent Teachers Association up to speak and have a few words with us Miss Howard welcome thank you very much for being here today a huge thank you on behalf of New Jersey parent teacher Association and our President Sharon Roseboro to the Department of Education Kathy Goldenberg and commissioner acting commissioner deer the New Jersey parent teachers Association continues in making every child's potential a reality by engaging Empowering Families and communities to advocate for all children PTA is a network of millions of families students teachers administrators and business and Community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and to promotion of family engagement in schools everywhere in New Jersey is no exception you are all invested in children and the state of New Jersey so let's continue to Champion together and thank you and if you haven't joined the PTA please join at NJ pta.org thank you so much we couldn't thank you [Applause] more I will say that it is the most important part for your children to see parents involved and being part of the PTA and helping contribute all of the wonderful activities that go on within the school system bring up Andre thank you and now I'd like to turn uh this portion of our meeting over to our commissioner Kevin damer thank you thank you madam president uh there are no commissioner reports today so we can move right into um our items for consideration the first one our standing item uh for appointments uh and we don't have any appointments to to move forward this month so uh we can move into our agenda Item B which is another standing item certification of school districts since the October state board meeting the executive County superintendents have finalized 61 NJ qac evaluations for districts I'm recommending 19 of those districts for certification Mr Ambrose Ducket assistant commissioner and Robert Gregory executive director uh will will join us and uh you've got all got the list uh for certification um just flagging moristown and uh are on our list so please come in and uh with that I'll invite any questions or comments from the board thank you commissioner board president Goldenberg and I just want to digress just for a second because as a member of the PTA as superintendent I and I just want to know whether this is a Statewide thing but I got initiated for three straight years I was in the dunk tank I got tied and I had to read on the roof um and I want to know if that is a state stance or whe that was my district that was great so going to be very um popular with the superintendent across the state are there any appointments or anything coming up before you in the near future that we could take that recommendation Dr buter no um no I will turn it over to um executive director Gregory now wait I'm sorry did you have pies also thrown oh yes I arst yes yes there's evidence of it on the website which I will not direct you to okay thank you thank you good good morning Madame President members of the State Board uh if any of you have any questions about the districts we are presenting for certification uh please feel free to ask hearing none um all those in favor um I need a motion first to accept the 61 one I believe it was 6 19 school districts thank you very much Dr butcher may I please have a second thank you very much Dr Johnson um all those in favor please say I all those abstaining please say I I and arcelio Pon saying I I believe I yeah was going to can you hear me okay Madam president Madam president can you hear me okay yes I'm sorry I couldn't hear you sir um Madam president I am going can you hear me okay now now I can thank you okay I'm just abstaining on one of the 19 I'm going to I've been advised that I should abstain uh in the certification of the piscatway school district uh all others I am in favor of supporting or approving thank you very much thank you for that clarification and I am also in favor of all the others except I must abstain from moristown thank you um any um negative any Nays at this point please say so at this time all right so all those in favor please again say I I thank you motion carries um and now we'll go ahead to the resolution for donated funds thank you madam president so uh today uh again I'm happy to announce the Department of Education at the Marie H catac school for the de is in receipt of a $250 uh donation from the cranberry Lions Club program for the sole purpose of supporting student activities such as field trips yearbooks and student clubs therefore I request that you adopt a resolution approving the accept of the donation uh Miss Kathy aling assistant commissioner is here uh to address any questions or comments you might have would you like to discuss the donations um other than to say thank you to the Lions Club we're very appreciative of um any funding that comes towards uh our students with disabilities so we greatly appreciate it and it will be good put to good use thank you okay may I have a motion please for the res Lucian to accept the donated funds thank you very much board member pñ you may I have a second please thank you very much board member shahada all those is there any discussion no hearing none all those in favor please say I I I any opposed please say nay any extensions motion carries thank you thank you thank you um and moving on to the next item on the the agenda item d uh today I present for adoption the read-option with Amendments of chapter five regulatory uh equivalency in waiver this chapter establishes the regulatory flexibility for school districts and other programs that are regulated by the Department of Education um and in a Twist we're inviting up Miss Diane shoner and Beth arwald uh from our Office of the State Board to uh share uh details about that and answer any question questions you might have I think that since Ambrose decided about PTA we should maybe put some of those Antics in the code and maybe the districts can decide they want waivers from those Antics I don't know it's all on you anyway good morning everyone good morning president Goldenberg Vice President Johnson and members of the State Board of Education today my colleague Beth oural arwald pardon me Beth and I would like to share an overview of the read-option with Amendments of chapter 5 regulatory equivalency and waiver requirements this chapter is scheduled to expire on April 4th 2025 the purpose of chapter five is to provide regulatory flexibility to school districts and entities that are regulated by the department of aded through title six of the administrative code and as delegated by the board the commissioner May approve approve waivers or equivalency requests from school districts to provide effic efficient and effective programs no waivers or equivalencies are granted for certification requirements or special education rules and further the department uses these requests to determine rules that require Amendment or deletion when a chapter is under revision oh got to go back one thank you okay and a equivalency request is a uh request to achieve a requirement that is in uh regulation through a means that is comparable or effective as the currently prescribed requirement and a waiver is a request that comes in that is um to avoid a requirement next slide and in order for an application for a waiver or an equivalency to be considered it must meet um three following criteria it must be um it must meet state and federal laws it uh thorough and efficient education cannot be compromised and they um there cannot be any risk to student health safety or civil rats and Beth is going to walk you through the proposed amendments that are in the chapter want me okay good morning everyone as you can see we are going to add educator preparation programs to the list of entities that can seek relief under this chapter after because they're already able to to do so so we're just going to add them in so it's specific that they're listed we're also proposing a rule that will state that no equivalencies or waivers related to chapter 14 for special education shall be granted this prohibition already exists in chapter 14 but it will be repeated in chapter 5 we've also proposed a rule that will state that the department shall not accept any application that seeks relief from any title of the New Jersey statutes or any title of administrative code other than title 6A since the commissioner does not have the authority to wave state law or um any title of administrative code that is does not fall under the Department's purview we decided to put it into the rules to State it so that it's very clear um and that this way the department won't accept them so it will enable districts to uh there won't be any wait time between when they've submit the application and when the denial is issued since the commissioner doesn't have the authority anyway another proposed amendment to two sections will require the chief School administrator to submit the application the equivalency or waiver application to the executive county superintendent and to include the approved District Board of Education resolution or other documentation that indicates the board's approval of the equivalency or or waiver application the rule the existing rules already require District Boards of Education to approve the equivalency or waiver application so submission of the resolution or other documentation will just um provide the evidence that we need to know that the board actually approved it we are also proposing to amend two sections to state that the executive County Superintendent will review the submitted ation for compliance with Section 1.3 and forward the application to the State Board office along with the executive County Superintendent recommendation this reflects current practice and will reinforce the executive County superintendence provide a recommendation but do not make the final determination regarding the equivalency or waiver the last Amendment to the two SE to the two sections States in an educator preparation program shall submit its application directly to the State Board office this amendment is proposed for clarity because educator preparation programs already know to submit to our office versus the executive County Superintendent because educative prep preparation programs are Statewide Weir is and that sums up the proposed amendments thank you are there any questions at this time hearing none um like to ask for um all those in favor wait I need a motion please did we AP apologies Madam president can I ask quick question clarifying question certainly thank you very much sir go ahead just um in in terms of uh procedures if the county superintendent does not approve the request does it then go back to the District Board of Education or does it get submitted to the commissioner's office for for final determination so they make a recommendation and send it to us and then when it comes to the stateboard office we then send it to the programmatic office uh in the department that's responsible and they also make another recommendation and then that both of those recommendations come back to my office and then we analyze everything and send it a comprehensive analysis um along with another recommendation from the consistency Review Committee um to the commissioner for his um final review and um recommendation so if the board so if the District board approves and the county superintendent uh denies the waiver at what point is the district notified or does it just go through the process as you just described so once the commissioner reviews it and um he will send the the final determination letter out and the executive County Superintendent doesn't make a determination they just right um send the application along with their recommendation office got okay thank you there are a few rules in Administrative Code that already give the executive County Superintendent the authority to approve something like kindergarten bathrooms for kindergarten classrooms but that is already in the rule so therefore the district wouldn't even fill out the equivalency or waiver application and just to C all of that information ultimately comes to me for a decision so I'm just looking at the different recommendations from various folks but if it's a commissioner level uh waiver equivalency then it's going to come to me unless it's prescribed as something that the executive County Superintendent can wave on on their end so it doesn't have to come all the way to me correct thank you thank you board member Ponte any other questions at this time hearing none um did we get a motion thank you sir um may I please have a second I'll second it thank you we have several seconds I think I heard Dr Johnson first um all those uh all those in favor please signify by saying I at this time I any opposed please signify by saying nay any abstentions he none the motion passes thank you thank you thank you very much thanks everyone we're now moving on to agenda item e which uh is a resolution to ad adopt proficiency cut scores for weer weeda alternate access uh so today I'm recommending for adoption a resolution that utilizes Consortium establish performance level cut scores for the weda alternate access assessment which we'll get into in just a minute uh in preparation we'll provide a brief overview of New Jersey's federally required assessments including information about both the access for L's and the waa alternate access which are administered to New Jersey's multilingual Learners it's my pleasure to introduce Dr Jordan Schiff and assistant commissioner excuse me and John vakani our director of off of Assessments to walk through more details about all those assessments and then exactly what the resolution is for today thank you commissioner good morning president Goldenberg Vice President Johnson and members of the State Board of Education as as our commissioner indicated today we'll be presenting background and the proposed cut scores for the weda alternate access assessment through the presentation today we'll provide some background on federally required assessments an overview of the weda alternate access assessment an explanation of the standard setting process and finally the WEA cut scores we are proposing for use in New Jersey under the every student succeeds act states are required to assess all students in grades 3 through eight in English language arts and Mathematics each year and then once in high school for each subject for science the required testing is once in grades fre through 5 once in grades 6-9 and once in grades 10 through 12 students identified as multilingual Learners or English Learners as designated in Essa are required to be tested each year they are in the program states are also required to provide an alternate assessment to students with the most severe cognitive disabilities the dynamic learning map or dlm fulfills this requirements for the njsla assessments while the weed alternate access satisfies the requirement for students in language service programs the majority of New Jersey multilingual Learners participated in the access for L's assessment less than 1% of our multilingual Learners participated in the weda alternate access weda was founded by a group of three states Wisconsin Delaware and Arkansas in 20 2003 with a focus on advancing academic language development and achievement through high quality standards assessments research and professional learning New Jersey joined the Consortium in 2005 and now in 2024 the Consortium has grown to include 42 States and territories in the contractual agreement with weda they are responsible for developing and delivering the assessments establishing performance level cuts scores and delivering reports based on those cut scores currently all 41 other member states and territories utilize the Consortium established cut scores while members of the Consortium are not contractually bound to utilize the established cut scores should a state choose to develop their own the state would be responsible for all Associated costs these costs include conducting a performance level standard setting meetings generating the own reports and distributing those reports to districts access for L's stands for assessing comprehension and communication in in English state to state for English language Learners this is the this is the assessment provided by the weda Consortium which is comprised of 42 territories and states to assess students progress in English language acquisition the assessments are administered to all multilingual learners Learners in grades kindergarten through 12 and are aligned to the weda English language proficiency standards which are derived from academic content area standards the access and WEA alternate access results are used for instructional planning monitoring student progress and accountability purposes the assessment is designed around four domains listening speaking reading and writing in the reporting students receive scores for each domain independently as well as a composite for composite scores for combinations of the domains each proficiency level has a cut score or a scale score that identifies the start of that proficiency level that is what will be discussed later in this presentation the waa alternate access is the version of the access for El's that is designed for students with the most significant intellectual disabilities students participating in the weda alternate access would have also participated in the dynamic learning Maps or dlm if they are in a tested grade for ELA math or science in 2024 New Jersey had over 137,000 students participate in the access for L's assessment the weed to alternate access had over 850 students participating from New Jersey this represents less than 1% of all New Jersey's multilingual Learners when the Rita alternate assessment was originally designed it only covered grades 1 through 12 on June 28th 2017 a letter was sent from the US Department of Education to State directors indicating an update to the English language proficiency assessments stating the La requires that state each state administers an alternate English language proficiency or ELP assessment for English Learners with the most significant cognitive disabilities who cannot participate in the ELP assessment even with appropriate accommodations a state may develop alternate ELP achievement standards for the alternate assessment as this came through Michigan applied for and received a grant to begin establishing kindergarten alternate ELP standards and assessments they did this work through the weda Consortium and in 2023 the kindergarten waa alternate access test was field tested and the first operational Administration was delivered in the spring of 2024 a performance level standard setting is a way to determine cut scores and what the scale scores on the test mean in terms of student achievement cut scores are only generate are generally only determined when a major change occurs with the assessment standard alignment or a test is newly implemented in the case for the weda alternate access the kindergarten assessment was newly implemented while significant changes occurred in both the assessments and the standard alignment for grades 1 through 12 the weda alternate assessment is now aligned to the weda 2020 ELP standards a change from the 2012 standard alignment previously the assessment in grades 1 through 12 also became more rigorous mainly due to the alignment to the new standards from the original design to the current model only about 15% of the item Bank was available to be retained in essence very little of the new assessment is the same as the older version with the development of the new performance levels and cut scores we also adjusted the names of the performance levels and changed the scale that the assessment would be scored on one of the driving factors for these changes was that since the new assessment was very different from the old version Rita did not want comparisons made between the two assessments for example a score of a 930 on a test administered up through 2023 does not mean the same thing as a 930 on the test administered in 2024 to help portray these differences they expanded the scale by 30 points and renamed the performance levels there are five performance levels utilized by the weda alternate access assessment moving forward they are performance level one or P1 through P5 what these levels mean more practically is that a student has demonstrated the abilities to um consistently to entering P1 or entering a new language program emerging P2 or showing emerging understanding developing P3 or developing comprehension expanding P4 expanding their understanding and finally bridging P5 where they are bridging to proficiency this slide again shows that the number of performance levels for the waa alternate access is not changing but the performance level designation and the scale are this slide shows the prop proposed cut scores for the overall composite scores on the weda alternate access this slide shows the proposed cut scores for the four domains on the waa alternate access can we go back to the other one and leave it for just sure 15 seconds thanks okay thank you sir can we go back to we did have one one more slide could we go back to the other slide please where all the scores are listed for the four domains father pulling that up these cut scores are listed on the resolution that we're asking you to to adopt today it's just for the Public's perspective so they have the ability thank you that's great thank you we could leave that up for a few seconds for everyone these again are the cut scores by grade level domain of listening reading speaking and this will be for 2020 yes thank you and finally our final slide shows proposed cut scores for the free for the three cluster of domains on the weed to alternate access of comprehension literacy and oral finally we thank you for your attention and we're available to answer any questions that you may have are there questions at this time any of the board members with questions or comments um if you could just um I the answer but for the sake of the public um how many states are involved with these weda scores please there are there are 42 States and well all of the states have an assessment that they must provide for these students and remember this is a this is a much smaller group of the overall English language Learners multilingual Learners these are the children with specific severe intellectual disabilities so all states and territories are required to do that but as far as the we of Consortium is concerned there are 42 States and territories that are apart that and does that include New Jersey this time yes it does thank you okay any other questions all right may I please have a motion thank you very much Dr Butcher and a second thank you very much appreciate it all those in favor I any opposed any extensions thank you very much it passes thank you thank you okay andk you that concludes concludes all of ours for consideration thank you thank you is there any new business at this time that the board would like to bring up hearing none um I'd like to ask please for a motion to adjourn thank you very much board member pñ may have a second thank you very much board member Shada all those in favor please say I I any opposed please say nay any extensions thank you very much and um enjoy getting ready for Thanksgiving every everyone thank you public testimony will three minutes thank you e e