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Charter School Moratorium Could be Lifted in November

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The chairman of the state board of education says it’s likely the moratorium on approval of new charter schools will be lifted later this year.

Education officials have been saying for the past two weeks that the state is $4.9 million dollars short on funding for charter schools that have already been approved this year. But speaking today on NHPR’s The Exchange, chairman of the finance committee Ken Weyler said…

Weyler: I am pretty sure that the money is there.

If that’s true, Chairman of the state Board of Education Tom Rafio says the moratorium on approval of new charter schools could be lifted on November 21st.

Charter school advocates say the Department of Education didn’t give the state Board of Education complete or accurate information about how charter schools are funded when they voted on the moratorium. They say there are 15 schools working toward submitting an application, and the moratorium could irrevocably harm these projects.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.
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