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Wednesday, August 01, 2012  Updated with video; Five teachers who were accused of cheating in the CRCT scandal have now been approved to have their contracts renewed.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Updated with video; The lawyer for the Dougherty County School System is expecting trials date to be set soon for the CRCT cheating scandal.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Updated with video; Dougherty County school officials say they’re on track with the CRCT investigation.

Friday, April 13, 2012  Updated with video; D.A. deciding which cases to bring charges against.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School Board received a retirement letter from a teacher the DCSS attorney says is being investigated in the CRCT scandal.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty County School System is starting to work on moving forward after the release of the of the investigative report from the Governor’s office.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  Updated with video; 49 teachers and administrators have been accused of cheating.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  At Wednesday's Dougherty County School Board meeting Attorney Tommy Coleman announced they are preparing for the CRCT tribunals.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  Updated with video; Investigators say some confessed to CRCT cheating.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  The Dougherty County D.A. appoints two CRCT investigators as Special Asst. District Attorneys to give them more access during the investigation.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Updated with video; DCSS Attorney Tommy Coleman says meetings with investigators were held Monday afternoon to initiate "phase two" of the probe.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Updated with video; After state officials say they ended the CRCT cheating investigation in Dougherty County, Gov. Nathan Deal says the probe is resuming.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Updated with video; Administrators are speaking out a day after they found out the probe into CRCT cheating allegations has been dropped

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  Tommy Coleman is the lawyer representing the Dougherty County School Board. He says more evidence, like the information surfacing in Atlanta, is needed to charge a teacher with cheating.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today that tumerous Atlanta Public Schools employees have confessed to changing students’ test papers, providing answers to students or watching others manipulate tests, according to an official briefed on the state’s investigation into cheating on standardized tests in the Atlanta and Dougherty County school systems.