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This Charter School Must Be Held Accountable
After years of looking the other way as the leadership of the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI) failed to follow the terms of its charter, the California Ed Code, or generally accepted accounting principles, the Los Angeles Office of Education (LACOE) is finally set to hold a hearing on revoking the school’s charter.
Federal grand jury investigates bid-rigging in DeSantis’ education department
A federal grand jury is investigating allegations of bid-rigging involving Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Department of Education, charter school operators and the control of a small North Florida school district.
Idaho charter school commission director resignation creates new round of instability
Following last week’s resignation, the Idaho Public Charter School Commission is beginning the search for its third director in the span of six months.
The AG’s office is suing Mystic Valley Charter School for ignoring public records requests
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell filed a lawsuit Monday against Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden over its refusal to comply with multiple public records requests.
Charter school dodges public records requests, prompting AG lawsuit
Following months of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School claiming an exemption to the state’s Public Records Law and ignoring requests, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed an enforcement action against the school to make them turn over the withheld documents Monday. Mystic Valley received at least 10 public records requests between January 2022 and November 2022, a release from the AG’s office states, each time declining the requests.
Lawsuit seeks to block first religious charter school in U.S.
A lawsuit filed in Oklahoma on Monday seeks to prevent the state government from funding what may become the first religious charter school in the U.S.
Maury County school board rejects Hillsdale-affiliated charter application for the second time. Now it could appeal to the state.
Maury County’s school board has voted down a controversial charter school for the second time. On Thursday, the board narrowly rejected an amended application from American Classical Academy, associated with the Christian, conservative Hillsdale College.
Oakland media academy closes its doors
The Oakland County Academy for Media and Arts, authorized by Lake Superior State University, put the majority of equipment and furniture at the school up for auction, including chromebooks, basketball hoops, early childhood items, kitchen equipment and lockers. The auction netted just over $11,000.
I believe Mr. Lewis Googled her.’ Local charter school board member resigns after fraud conviction comes to light
Frame was among 26 people indicted in a $480 million telemedicine fraud scheme. She pleaded guilty in July 2020 in what is so far the largest fraud operation ever prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia, according to a news release.
73 reasons later, this Tennessee district denied Hillsdale’s charter school efforts
It wasn’t just one, but 73 reasons the Jackson-Madison County School Board denied a charter school application connected to Michigan’s Hillsdale College.
Secret board meetings, noncompliance threaten Cirrus Academy, employees say
The governing board of Cirrus Academy met in secret last month and approved a new board member whose background raised red flags among school leaders.
The Charter School Building Boom Hits The Valley
The Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) is building a new facility despite not having met its enrollment target for the last three years.
Charters undermine system; drain others’ lifeblood
Let’s be clear: Charter schools are not the panacea they’re made out to be. While they may boast about their supposed innovation and choice, the reality is far bleaker. By siphoning off funds that should rightfully go to traditional public schools, charter schools are draining the lifeblood from our education system.
NC lawmakers seek to put pants-wearing charter school girls back into skirts. Here’s how
Following a court ruling that said it is unconstitutional for North Carolina’s taxpayer-funded charter schools to make girls wear skirts in school instead of pants, some North Carolina lawmakers want to exempt charter schools from respecting the Constitutional rights of their students.
MSCS board denies seven of nine charter school applications after lengthy discussion
MSCS administration was recommending that all nine applications be denied. Only one of the schools, it asserted, had met the Tennessee Department of Education’s charter application criteria. And all of them had failed to meet the board’s criteria.