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The Board of Education already approved the application for Knoxville Preparatory School in April. The agreement lasts through June 2035.

The Board of Education tweaked the original Memorandum of Understanding's data sharing and transportation sections.

When the Knox County school board met earlier this month, members hit a tense 4-4 deadlock on a series of votes.

Board members said they found several deficiencies in the charter school's application. However, proposals to list the reasons it failed also failed.

Tennessee law allows Knox Prep to be funded by local taxpayer dollars with light oversight by the school board.

At $100,000 per acre, the land purchase will cost the county close to $3.2 million.

At $100,000 per acre, the land purchase will cost the county close to $3.2 million.

The Knox County Board of Education and the families who brought the lawsuit negotiated for seven hours Monday.

The Knox County Board of Education approved a measure Wednesday night to hire an outside attorney to advise the county law department in an ongoing legal battle.

Knox County Schools is no longer required to have a mask mandate after a federal judge Monday amended his order to follow new federal health guidelines.