1. A list of issues to be discussed at a meeting: The teachers read through the agenda before the staff conference began.
2. An efficient and systematic plan of topics to be taken care of: The secretary kept track of the agendas of the two executives.

The better informed person will use agenda for the plural and agendum for the singular usage.

Things to be done, such as a memoranda of items to be considered at a meeting: Agenda was the plural form in the original Latin, but now is often used as a singular in English, in the sense of "list" and followed by a singular verb.

So well-established is agenda as a singular that "agendas" is now commonly heard and seen as the plural form, however the correct Latin singular is agendum.

The agendum is whether the teaching staff wants an extended school year or not.

The agenda have been established for the next business meeting.

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