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Education Dept. gives $200,000 grant to charter school not allowed to open - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Education Dept. gives $200,000 grant to charter school not allowed to open - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Education Dept. gives $200,000 grant to charter school not allowed to open

New Jersey state officials recently declined — for the third time — to give permission to a group that wanted to open a charter school that offered a Hebrew-language immersion program. Still, the school was awarded a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Education Department.

According to The Star-Ledger, U.S. education officials awarded the grant to a group called the Friends of Tikun Olam as part of a federal program to help charter schools open and operate.

Education Department spokesman Justin Hamilton said it was “not