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There's a new battle over education, and students are caught in the middle. The State Education Department plans to withhold over $3 million from the Metro School District next month. It's the price the District will pay for not approving a charter school amendment for Great Hearts Academies. Great Hearts appealed to the state and won, but Metro refused to grant the charter, which became a violation of state law. On Tuesday, state officials announced plans to withhold $3.4 million from the Metro School District. Governor Bill Haslam says the district had to be penalized.
"We don't do this with any sense of trying to use the state's power in any way, but like any other state law that the General Assembly passes, we're responsible for enforcing that law, and that's why we took this action," says Governor Haslam.
The state says this is a one-time financial penalty and that the money will come from mainly administrative funding. Metro says there is no way to separate the money, and that the shortfall will eventually impact students in the classroom.
"We don't do this with any sense of trying to use the state's power in any way, but like any other state law that the General Assembly passes, we're responsible for enforcing that law, and that's why we took this action," says Governor Haslam.
The state says this is a one-time financial penalty and that the money will come from mainly administrative funding. Metro says there is no way to separate the money, and that the shortfall will eventually impact students in the classroom.
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 12:45 AM CDT
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Storms from Okla. weakening as they move to Tenn.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The storm system that brought devastation to central Oklahoma is expected to weaken before moving into Tennessee.
The National Weather Service updated its guidance to include all but the mountains of East Tennessee in an area that has a slight risk of severe thunderstorms through Wednesday morning.
Meteorologist Brittney Coleman with the NWS office in Nashville said high wind and hail are the major threats with the storm system. The slight probability of severe storms was extended Tuesday through the Tennessee River Valley.
NWS forecaster John Sirmon in the Memphis office said rain falling Tuesday morning in West Tennessee would help ensure the approaching heavier line of thunderstorms doesn't run into unstable air. The line is expected to move across the Mississippi River between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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