JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers are considering a plan that could remove more than 100 poor-performing schools from local school board control for unknown time periods.
The proposal was added to House Bill 890 Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee. It could let the state Department of Education take over any F-rated school that doesn't reach a C rating within two years, or any F-rated school that improves to C and ever drops back to D or F.
The state could run the school. It could close the school and send students to the nearest school rated C or higher, even in another district. Or the state could give the school to a charter or contract operator.
Ratings would begin counting after the 2013-2014 school year and takeovers could begin after fall 2015.
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