http://www2.nysun.com/article/75540
A New York state judge ruled last week that Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office is permanently prevented from issuing audits on public charter schools, saying the office "lacks the authority" to do so. More than a dozen of public charter schools had sued schools DiNapoli's office after it initiated audits of their performance, arguing the audits were illegal and unnecessary given the current oversight public charter schools receive from both their authorizers and the state's education department. James Merriman, the chief executive officer of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, an advocacy group that joined the lawsuit, celebrated the decision. "It's a victory," Merriman said. "It's certainly a victory for charter schools, because they are free from the duplicative, unnecessary, unfair performance audits." DiNapoli vows to appeal the decision and win back the auditing power.
Source: New York Sun
Date: 04/29/2008
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