RN-T.com – Lawmakers tracking charter school contract issue

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After the state Charter Advisory Committee recommended last week that the State Board of Education determine if the Floyd County school system had violated its charter school contract, local legislators said on Thursday they were aware of the issue, but had mixed opinions on the subject.

The matter is centered on whether the school system breached its contact when executing its Reduction in Force plan, according to an email sent to Floyd County Superintendent Jeff McDaniel on April 16 from Louis Erste, director of the charter division for the State Department of Education.

State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, said the RIF caused such a commotion he heard rumblings from fellow legislators when the issue was made public.