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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- House Democrats are speaking out against a decision by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's administration to withhold $3.4 million in state funding from Nashville because of a dispute over a charter school application.
The lawmakers are holding a news conference on the plaza across from the state Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
Haslam has said he had no choice but to agree to deny the funds to Nashville schools because of the system's refusal to follow a directive from the state school board to approve the application from Arizona-based Great Hearts Academy. But the city schools say the fine will hurt students because that money would otherwise go toward areas like transportation and maintenance.
Opponents of the charter school said its proposal lacked a focus on diversity.
The lawmakers are holding a news conference on the plaza across from the state Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
Haslam has said he had no choice but to agree to deny the funds to Nashville schools because of the system's refusal to follow a directive from the state school board to approve the application from Arizona-based Great Hearts Academy. But the city schools say the fine will hurt students because that money would otherwise go toward areas like transportation and maintenance.
Opponents of the charter school said its proposal lacked a focus on diversity.
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 06:39 AM CDT
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Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast
May 17, 2013 23:53 GMT
FORT THOMAS, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans.
The father of 26-year-old Michael Robert Bradford of Fort Thomas said his son was smart, good in different sports and about to become a father.
Gary "Moose" Bradford, also of Fort Thomas, told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/12i0nVO ) he found about his son's death from Michael Bradford's wife, Sasha, on Thursday afternoon. He said he was in total disbelief.
The couple's first child is due in a few weeks.
Two American soldiers were killed along with four American civilian contractors with DynCorp International, based in Falls Church, Va.
Other survivors include his mother, Linda Bradford of Johnson City, Tenn.
Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.nky.com
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