Arguing that paying out more than $10,000 per charter school student would severely harm the Baltimore City Public Schools? finances, city school officials Tuesday asked the state?s highest court to cut them a break.

“I guarantee if the court says the government has to fully fund what the charter schools want, there will be major financial problems in Baltimore City, including layoffs,” Baltimore City school board attorney Warren Weaver told The Examiner after a hearing on the amount the schools have to pay city charter schools.