"special measures" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2004, K.B. Everard, Geoff Morris, Ian Wilson, Effective School Management, SAGE, →ISBN, page 228:",
          "text": "The LEA is required to support schools in special measures or with serious weaknesses.",
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          "ref": "2006, Great Britain. National Audit Office, Improving Poorly Performing Schools in England, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 37:",
          "text": "Before the 2005 Schools White Paper, schools put into Special Measures have been aware that they might face closure if they did not improve within about two years.",
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          "ref": "2013, Selchouk Sami, The Book on Entrepreneurship and Property: The Guide to Successful Entrepreneurship and Property Investment, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 78:",
          "text": "The governments new proposals intend to make the following changes and introductions: [...] Placing underperforming council planning departments into “special measures” and allowing developers to bypass them if they fail to improve.",
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          "ref": "2015, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Good Governance Handbook, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) →ISBN, page 22",
          "text": "These organisations were put into special measures and their boards placed under high levels of scrutiny around how they were focusing on quality and patient safety issues."
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