Tennessee Commissioner of Ed cuts a district's funding for board vetoing charter school in rich area

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A local school board refuses to approve a new

If we had a truly independent Justice Department, this would be cause for a corruption investigation and indictment.

Tennessee's TFA Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman ordered the Metro Nashville school board to grant a charter to a school run by Arizona-based Great Hearts. The School board voted no. It voted no four times. It said the school wanted to locate in a neighborhood where it would draw mainly from well-to-do white families; the board wanted assurance that the school would serve a diverse enrollment. Great Hearts expects families to make a "voluntary" contribution of $1200-1500 upfront.

Huffman retaliated by cutting state funding to the Nashville schools by $3.4 million in the middle of the term. It's his way or the highway. What a lesson for the children of Tennessee.

Part of the district's response:

We were disappointed to learn around noon today that the Tennessee Department of Education has refused to reconsider its decision to withhold nearly $3.4 million in taxpayer funding designated for the education of more than 81,000 students in Metro Nashville Public Schools. The funding is 10 percent of the state’s annual “non-instructional” funding for Nashville’s children.

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The $3.4 million reduction is significant and raises concerns about how the amount was determined and whether it is consistent with other penalties assessed by the state. Tennessee law does not address penalties in this situation.

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Thanks for the thread, yurbud.

[yurbud]

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