JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Four years after the Jackson school district nearly lost its accreditation over problems with special education programs, Mississippi's second largest district is in trouble again with state oversight authorities.
The Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation will meet Tuesday to consider a recommendation to put the 28,000-student district on probation, after a state Department of Education review found numerous violations of state accrediting standards.
Most importantly, the June accrediting audit faulted the district for discipline practices that earlier had brought complaints from a teachers' union and questioned the effectiveness of teaching observed at a number of schools.
In an Aug. 3 response, the district denied many of the violations, claiming much of the state's criticism was "subjective" or overstepped underlying regulations. In other cases, the district blamed circumstances beyond its control.
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