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tudents from the Capital City Charter School in Concord are pictured at left while opponents of legislation that would authorize the acceptance of a $46 million federal grant to increase the number of charter schools are pictured at right at the State House. (NANCY WEST PHOTO)

CONCORD — Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday heard testimony about newly proposed legislation to accept a $46 million federal grant to increase the number of charter schools in New Hampshire.

Sen. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) introduced the legislation, SB 747, that would allow the state Department of Education to go around the legislative process in which the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee has twice rejected the grant claiming it wouldn’t be sustainable, and tabled a similar proposal just last week.

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