State extends deadline for JPS | WJTV

By: Associated Press |
Published: October 20, 2012 Updated: October 20, 2012 - 7:56 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - After threatening to revoke the accreditation of the Jackson city school system Nov. 1 over a failure to improve special education services, the state Board of Education reversed course Friday.

Officials now say they will give Mississippi's second largest school district until June 2013 if the district agrees to work with the state to solve the problems.

The district has until Oct. 30 to agree on a plan with the interim state superintendent to gain the extension. It calls for interim State Superintendent Lynn House and Jackson Superintendent Cedric Gray to mutually name a special education administrator who will report directly to the state Department of Education. The district must make sure its employees cooperate with the administrator and must agree to resolve "personnel concerns" raised by the administrator.

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Source: http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2012/oct/20/state-extends-deadline-jps-ar-4794592/

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