March 4, 2016
JACKSON, Miss. – Heidelberg Elementary School Principal Lowanda Tyler-Jones’ hearing before the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification and Licensure and Development will be continued to a later date due to scheduling conflicts of commission members.
The hearing was originally set for 9 a.m. March 7. A new date will be announced soon.
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is seeking to revoke the license of Tyler-Jones. The MDE issued an administrative complaint against Tyler-Jones on Dec. 16, 2015.
The complaint issued against Tyler-Jones is the third complaint filed as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of testing irregularities at Heidelberg Elementary School in the Clarksdale Municipal School District.
The complaint specifically charges Tyler-Jones with violations of state law pertaining to mandatory state testing, as follows:
- The Respondent participated in, directed, aided, counseled, assisted in, encouraged or failed to report any acts in violation of § 37-16-4(1)(f) of the Mississippi Code of 1972, during the administration of the 2013 Mississippi Curriculum Test Second Edition (MCT2).
Those actions are grounds for revocation or suspension of Tyler-Jones’ educator license
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