The state auditor wants the Ohio Department of Education to stop paying so much public money to the state's largest online charter school. He claims there are still discrepancies as to how many students are actually attending the
The received millions of dollars based on enrollment of more than 14,000 students. But Auditor Dave Yost says that doesn鈥檛 add up given ECOT鈥檚 own court statements.
鈥淭hey told the Supreme Court earlier this month that they had an unprecedented drop in enrollment. Well both of those things can鈥檛 be true," he said.
The state is because of an inflated student count two school years ago.
Yost, , wants to avoid a protracted battle to get back more money a year from now. So he鈥檚 asking the Ohio Department of Education to hold in escrow a significant portion ECOT's monthly payments until an exact student count can be verified.
