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
