http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/07/12/42caps-5.h25.html?qs=charter_school
Ohio State Auditor Betty Montgomery is questioning the Ohio Department of Education's oversight of $20 million in federal charter school grant funding. Her office reported that the department did not approve annual performance and financial reports from the schools in a timely manner, and sometimes gave those schools more grant money before their reports could be reviewed. In seven out of 20 cases, the department allowed schools to spend at least 10 percent more on expenses than what their budgets allowed. The auditor's office criticized the department for dedicating only one staff employee to charter school oversight, recommended bolstering monitoring staff, and recommended withholding future funding from schools if their financial and performance reports have not been reviewed. J.C. Benton, a department spokesman, said his agency began beefing up its auding staff and making field visits to schools long before the report came out.
Source: Education Week (subscription required)
Date: 07/12/2006
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