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St. Paul, Minn. (AP)

Minn. Education Department cleared in TiZA probe

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Federal investigators say the state Education Department didn't discriminate in its probes of the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy charter school in Inver Grove Heights.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the findings by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights in its Thursday editions.

The president of the St. Paul NAACP alleged that students at the charter school, known as TiZA, were being discriminated against based on their African-American race or Somali nationality.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the school for allegedly blurring the line between church in state by promoting Islam. It also accuses the school of reporting strikingly high test scores.

The state Education Department has examined the school with audits, investigations and on-site visits. ---

Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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