Dive Summary:

• School officials in Nashville say a partial hiring freeze is on the table if the state withholds $3.4 million from the district after it rejected a charter school proposal.
• The Tennessee Department of Education decided last month to withhold the funding following a 5-4 vote by the city's school board to reject the application by Great Hearts Academy.
• The charter school's opponents say they were unsatisfied by its lack of a plan for promoting diversity.

From the article:

Monday, October 15, 2012 Nashville school officials say they've discussed a partial hiring freeze if the state goes through with plans to withhold $3.4 million from the district after its rejection of a charter school proposal. ...