ACCJC gives CCSF a reprieve, sort of

The LA  Times and a number of other news sources report that the ACCJC has modified its sanction structure.  Apparently, there is a stage in which a college can get some additional months to comply with the "Standards."  According to the LA Times, it is stated that:

A private commission seeking to revoke the accreditation of San Francisco's community college must review whether the school has made sufficient progress in the last year to void its earlier decision, an appeals panel ruled Friday.
The ruling was in response to an appeal by City College of San Francisco, which argued that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges failed to follow proper procedures when it moved to pull the school's accreditation as of July 31.
The appeals panel found no merit to the claims, but said the commission can't "finalize the termination of CCSF's accreditation" before completing a new evaluation to determine if the institution now meets standards, based on work that's been done under new leadership to improve its financial stability and governance.
The five members of the appeals panel are educators chosen by the commission itself.

Inside Higher Education website also refers to this new rule.   The San Francisco Examiner called the modifications a lifeline.