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Pending Federal Grant Application Roils State Educators

By Margie Menzel

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Tallahassee, Fl – Education Commissioner Eric Smith says 63 of Florida's 67 school districts have endorsed the state's application for as much as $700 million in federal grant money. As Margie Menzel reports, there's a battle over the terms of the grant, and time is running out.