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Little Rock District files suit on charter schools

  • 05-21-2010
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The Little Rock School District has asked a federal judge to enforce an agreement by the state that it would not hinder desegregation efforts in Pulaski County's three school districts.  The motion filed Wednesday in federal court claims the state violated that agreement — which also provides those three districts with millions of dollars of extra school money each year — by allowing charter schools to operate in the county.  The district argues that the state has permitted the charter schools without considering the effect they have on desegregation efforts in traditional public school.  (more...)

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