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Board begins APA process to revise accountability standards, renews multilingual-notification contract and announces Holmes County superintendent action
Summary
The State Board approved starting APA rulemaking to align accreditation standards with recent statute changes, authorized a contract renewal for multilingual parent notifications, approved the consent agenda, and announced in open session termination of the Holmes County superintendent and appointment of an interim.
At its Oct. 16 meeting the State Board of Education approved several formal actions and reported executive-session outcomes when it returned to open session.
Policy revision process: The board voted to begin the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) process to revise the Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards (policy 2.9) to align accreditation standards with changes in statute following repeal of the Mississippi Achievement School District and to clarify procedures for districts in transformation. The Commission on School Accreditation had approved the revisions earlier in the week and staff said the proposed changes align the policy with…
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