Nancy Badertscher and Kristina Torres:

A major school accrediting agency gave board members until Sept. 30 to show major headway on six issues, including internal bickering, ethics and a “transparent” search for a new superintendent.
But board members could be on the hot seat — and literally fighting to hold onto their school board seats — as early as July under a bill that’s drawing fire as it heads to the House floor Monday for debate and a possible vote.
The bill would require the Atlanta board — and boards in a handful of other Georgia school systems — to face a hearing before the state Board of Education by July 31. The hearing would be the first step in a two-step process that could end in the wholesale removal of local boards by the governor if it is determined they are not doing enough to maintain high standards.