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Louisiana treasurer and New Orleans charter schools spar over ‘questionable’ spending
State Treasurer John Fleming has issued in recent weeks a series of press releases flagging “questionable expenditures” made by schools, including $17,563 spent at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant and a $2,000 political donation by the Orleans Parish School Board.
Santa Clara County’s First Charter School to Close All Campuses, Laying Off 100 Staff
Downtown College Prep announced in January that it would close its two middle schools and one high school in June due to decreasing enrollment at its campuses and in San José’s public schools. The decision came less than a year after DCP abruptly closed its Alum Rock High School last spring, giving families just a few months’ notice. DCP has a budget deficit of $4.5 million, according to public documents.
Longtime Pueblo charter school with financial woes to close after losing state appeal
The board voted 7-1 to reject Chávez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy’s request to overturn the Pueblo 60 district’s January decision to end the charter contract because of what the district officials described as ongoing fiscal mismanagement at the school.
Minnesota’s Charter School Fraud Crisis is Part of a Nationwide Pattern
In the state where charter schools were first legally authorized, ‘school choice’ schemes have given rise to graft and mismanagement.
Public Money, Private Control: Inside New Orleans’ Charter School Overhaul
What began as a response to disaster became a blueprint for disruption. Teachers were fired, unions were broken, and entire communities lost control over neighborhood schools. Millions of public dollars have since flowed through charter management organizations with limited oversight, while families continue to navigate a maze of enrollment lotteries, inconsistent services, and school closures.
If Approved, Religious Charter Schools Will Shift Yet More Money from Traditional Public Schools
If the court allows churches to operate religious charter schools, the public education system, as Americans know it, will take on an entirely new face and set of financial challenges.
DC families feel stranded as second charter school closure disrupts education
7News looked into the challenges the families are facing with charter schools and who will be held accountable for charter schools taking millions of public dollars, then shutting down operations.
Letter: Limit public funding for cyber charter schools
For private cyber school corporations that drained off $1 billion in tax dollars from our school district’s budgets in 2023-24, not so much.
TEA sends letter to Fort Worth ISD regarding school with 5th straight unacceptable rating
The fifth consecutive unacceptable performance rating for the Leadership Academy at Forest Oak’s 6th-grade campus may lead to its closure.
Editorial: With Limestone’s demise, take back control over SC charter schools
Misused SC law allows private colleges to authorize charter schools to receive tax dollars, engage in authorizer shopping to avoid being closed .
Lawmakers are trying once more to pass sweeping changes to charter school oversight. Here’s what they want.
AB 84 is meant to address myriad issues exposed by cases of fraud, but charter schools say it goes too far.
New Report—North Carolina Charter Schools: Undermining Quality Education for All
However, with the closure of one charter school in July 2024 and another in September 2024, 208 charter schools received well over $1.18 billion in taxpayer money, even as public-school districts remain underfunded.
School board closes Constellation Charter School in emergency meeting
During an emergency meeting on Thursday, the School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) unanimously voted to shut down Waldo’s Constellation Charter School of Gainesville (CCSG), effective at the end of the May 1 school day.
Charter School Leaders Balk at Telling Parents Minneapolis Closing at the End of Year
Charter School Leaders Balk at Telling Parents Minneapolis Closing at the End of Year
‘Pretty much a done deal’: Roseland Collegiate Prep to close June 2026, district leaders planning ahead
Yet another Sonoma County school district is discussing closing one of its campuses to address a budget deficit.