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Administrative Procedures Act (APA) Notice
Division of Academic Education
Office of Secondary Education
Proposed revisions to Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, glossary and to establish Appendix A-13 and Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, glossary, and establish Appendix A-13
On February 15, 2024, the State Board of Education (SBE) granted approval to begin the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process to revise the following:
Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, and the establishment of Appendix A-13 and Miss. Admin. Code 7-24: Mississippi Nonpublic School Accountability Standards, 2023, Appendices A-6 – A-12, B-2, G, and the establishment of Appendix A-13 provide the requirements for graduation for each of the diploma options. The proposed revisions to the appendices for the 2024-2025 School Year provide specificity to academic and CTE courses that meet course requirements for graduation as well as courses that can be substituted for required credits, adds a JROTC diploma endorsement option, revises College and Career Readiness course substitutions, revises language on the Certificate of Completion, removes language about the Occupational Diploma, and removes obsolete vocabulary from the glossary.
You may review proposed revisions at https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00027380b.pdf.
Please submit written comments to Wendy Clemons, Associate State Superintendent, 359 North West Street, Post Office Box 771, Jackson, MS 39205-0771. You may also submit comments in writing by email at (secondaryeducation@mdek12.org).
All public comments must be received in the Division of Secondary Education no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 29, 2024. APA Comments will be presented to the SBE on April 18, 2024.