State and local officials were granted an earlier hearing date related to the Macon Charter Academy (MCA) bankruptcy case, The Telegraph reported yesterday. The hearing, in which Bibb County school district and Georgia Department of Education representatives will ask for relief from a stay during bankruptcy proceedings, has been set for June 22 at 11 a.m. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Macon. The hearing was originally scheduled for July, but the order, signed by Chief Bankruptcy Judge James Smith, said that an earlier date was “granted for cause.” On May 4, MCA filed for chapter 11 reorganization, and the state education department was informed that a stay had been placed on the process to terminate the school’s charter.
