CONWAY — Another stalemate in Concord means the newly created Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School in Conway won’t be receiving $375,000 from a $46 million federal grant anytime soon.
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee continued to vote along party lines to refuse to consider a $10.1 million federal grant for public charter school expansion, the first round of a record-setting $46 million grant on Friday.
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