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The Minnesota Department of Education wants to be removed from an ACLU lawsuit involving an Inver Grove Heights charter school.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS first reported on the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, or TIZA, last year after a substitute teacher accused the school of blurring the line between church and state.
In January, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota sued TIZA. The suit claims the school's operation and funding promote the Islamic religion and should be declared unconstitutional.