Takeover of Jackson Schools Moves on to State School Board
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's second-largest school district remains on a path to be taken over by the state.
The state School Accreditation Commission voted Wednesday that the state Board of Education and Gov. Phil Bryant should declare an emergency in the 27,000-student Jackson district.
The Board of Education is scheduled to take up the issue Thursday.
The 10-1 vote came after an hourslong hearing when state Department of Education officials told commission members that the district had key failings. Allegations against the district include seniors graduating without showing they met requirements, teachers providing ineffective instruction and schools bring unsafe.
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