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Tue., April 17, 2012 2:54pm
An accreditation team from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is conducting a tour of Shorter University this week as part of their regular review. The team will be looking at the University’s controversial policy requiring employees to sign a “personal lifestyle” statement.
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Tue., March 20, 2012 6:59am
The state Board of Education will hold a hearing Tuesday on whether to remove members of the Miller County school board. The hearing stems from a new state law that allows the governor to remove school board members in districts in danger of losing accreditation.
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Wed., December 7, 2011 4:50pm
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is issuing warnings to two of Georgia’s public universities. SACS says Fort Valley State University in Middle Georgia needs to improve its finances, faculty competence, and the way it handles federal student aid.
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Tue., July 26, 2011 2:28pm
The state board of education voted to let two struggling school boards retain control of their school systems. Atlanta and Coffee County schools are in danger of losing their accreditation due to their ineffective school boards.
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Wed., June 29, 2011 8:51am
Governor Nathan Deal's office says the U.S. Department of Justice has signed off on a law passed this year allowing the governor to oust members of school boards. The law is aimed at the troubled Atlanta Public Schools but applies to any district not fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on July 1st. The law would also apply to Coffee County schools.
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Tue., June 14, 2011 5:09pm
Five Georgia school districts are hoping to regain full accreditation before a deadline that could trigger state hearings. Board members in districts that don’t receive full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools by July 1st could be stripped of their posts.
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Tue., January 18, 2011 9:05am
Atlanta’s public schools will learn its fate Tuesday morning from one of the nation’s top accrediting agencies.
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Fri., December 10, 2010 10:50am
Officials from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools are visiting the 50,000-student district Thursday and Friday.
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Thu., October 28, 2010 8:31am
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools may strip Atlanta Public Schools of its accreditation. This could put the 50,000-student district in danger of losing private grants and could keep students from gaining admission and winning scholarships at some colleges.
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Wed., September 22, 2010 2:24pm
South Georgia's Coffee County Schools will get another visit from their accrediting agency next month. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed the system on probation earlier this year after school board members became dysfunctional and micromanaging and threatened school staff.
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