A state education official accused her of being a poor security risk.
Training teachers for portfolios would cost $50 million a year, state education officials estimate.
It is too early to know for sure, since state education officials are still trying to figure out how the program would work.
But for state education officials, the question turned out to be a headache.
The data comes out of a new system created by state education officials to better capture how well schools are educating students.
When a student leaves public school, the system loses some or all of that amount, state education officials said.
The budget rose by $915,000 this year after state education officials forced the city to raise taxes.
But only recently, after months of reviewing the board's practices, did state education officials move against the board.
Other state education officials say the most important difference is an open and responsive leadership.
But state education officials and the lawyer for the mothers told him that they knew of no such regulation.