By Linda Jacobson
Carol Corbett Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, pointed to a 2022 report from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General finding that between 2013 and 2016, states and charter operators that received program funds opened or expanded just half of the schools they planned.
“Hundreds of millions have gone to schools that never opened or closed even before their grants ended,” Burris said. “If the President is serious about eliminating waste and fraud, the CSP is a good place to start.”
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