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Charter schools are by design a griftogenic environment, so operators are at their most creative in figuring out ways to benefit themselves:
| July 9, 2022 |
| I-Team: Police investigate alleged staff theft ring at Las Vegas school |
| The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an alleged theft ring involving staff members at a Las Vegas school after nearly $154,000 was stolen from a program aimed to help students. |
| Source: www.8newsnow.com |
| June 29, 2022 |
| State audit determines shuttered online charter school ECOT owes the state more than $117 million |
| The school was found to have inflated attendance figures to get millions of dollars in state aid. |
| Source: www.cleveland.com |
| June 25, 2022 |
| State leaders begin closure protocols for embattled charter school |
| "It's a process that hasn't been used in a long time, and hopefully won't be used for a long time to come, but we are working to protect student and taxpayer interests as best we can," one state charter school leader said. |
| Source: www.idahoednews.org |
| June 24, 2022 |
| Epic Co-Founders, Former CFO Arrested on Embezzlement, Racketeering Charges |
| Epic Charter Schools’ founders, who were arrested Thursday, shifted millions of school dollars to company credit cards, which were used to make political campaign donations, fund a lobbyist and pay personal expenses like vacations, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation alleges in court documents. |
| Source: oklahomawatch.org |
| June 22, 2022 |
| Oklahoma charter school facing more allegations of misusing state funds | National News | kpvi.com |
| (The Center Square) - Epic Charter Schools is accused of fudging attendance records to receive thousands of dollars in state funds and of improperly handing out millions in bonuses, according |
| Source: www.kpvi.com |
| June 16, 2022 |
| North Carolina charter school's skirt requirement for girls unconstitutional, court rules |
| A North Carolina charter school's requirement that girls wear skirts based on the view that they are "fragile vessels" deserving of "gentle" treatment by boys is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. |
| Source: www.reuters.com |
| June 14, 2022 |
| In One of the Largest Charter School Scams in History, No One Will Serve Jail Time |
| The ringleaders and others behind a scam that raided millions of dollars from the state will not spend a single day behind bars. Here’s where their pleas and sentences stand. |
| Source: voiceofsandiego.org |
| June 6, 2022 |
| Florida principal brought loaded guns into school: report |
| Castro brought a closed box containing two firearms into the school; they were found unattended by officials in a locked room, the station reported. |
| Source: nypost.com |
| June 3, 2022 |
| KUOW - 'Where is the accountability?' for WA's largest charter school chain, ask parents and staff |
| ...accountability is lacking for the state’s largest charter school chain, Impact Public Schools, staff and parents told KUOW, and the students most affected are also the schools’ most vulnerable. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| June 1, 2022 |
| Wahiawa charter school under investigation after receiving multiple parent complaints |
| Some Kamalani Academy parents said the school is reneging on a promise to let the students keep distance-learning technology devices. |
| Source: www.hawaiinewsnow.com |
| May 27, 2022 |
| NC officials OK closing charter school for 'financial irregularities' |
| Raleigh, N.C. — One of the longest-operating North Carolina charter schools will relinquish its charter, after finding financial irregularities. |
| Source: www.wral.com |
| May 27, 2022 |
| KUOW - A Seattle area charter school’s controversial approach to holding students back |
| Baionne Coleman, a former Impact administrator, said its policy of sending grade-holdback letters was connected to funding. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| May 25, 2022 |
| KUOW - A charter school chain promised a world-class education. Instead they billed the state and let kids ‘sit there quietly’ |
| Meanwhile, records from the state schools office show Impact Public Schools has billed the state more than $857,000 in the last four years for funding for English language programming. But teachers told KUOW that English language instruction is essentially nonexistent. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| May 21, 2022 |
| Titusville community leaders working to block new Memphis charter school from opening in neighborhood |
| A new charter school is looking to open doors in Birmingham after winning an appeal by the Alabama Public Charter Schools Commission. |
| Source: www.wbrc.com |
| May 20, 2022 |
| In apparent first, district moves to withhold charter school’s state funding over facility conditions |
| The NOLA Public Schools district plans to withhold education funding from Lower 9th Ward charter school group Friends of King Schools over the network’s alleged failure to make repairs to facilities on its Fats Domino Avenue (formerly Caffin Avenue) property, which is owned by the district. |
| Source: thelensnola.org |
| May 12, 2022 |
| North Las Vegas charter school principal placed on leave after accusations of discrimination |
| A North Las Vegas charter school principal was placed on administrative leave after allegations of discrimination. |
| Source: www.fox5vegas.com |
| May 10, 2022 |
| Charter school, accused of faking grades, was renewed despite poor academics | WBFF |
| BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Fox45 News investigation is raising questions about the process to approve charter schools in Baltimore City, after a school that’s now caught up in a scandal was renewed just months ago. |
| Source: foxbaltimore.com |
| May 9, 2022 |
| FOX 13 Investigates: Public school run by polygamous Kingston group continues appointing family members |
| FOX 13 News has learned that a public charter school run by the polygamous Kingston group continues to defy the state by appointing family members to handle millions of taxpayer dollars. |
| Source: www.fox13now.com |
| May 9, 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Charter Academy accused of financial, ethics violations |
| Peters issued a cease-and-desist order to the Colorado Springs Charter Academy on April 22, alleging that the school’s board committed several violations of the Colorado Charter School Institute’s School Compliance Policy. |
| Source: gazette.com |
| May 4, 2022 |
| Lafayette city and school officials critical of charter school plan |
| LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Lafayette officials are skeptical of a plan to open a charter school in the former New Community School building on Elmwood Avenue. |
| Source: www.wlfi.com |
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