A final end to the legal battle involving the state and its largest online charter school is coming closer. The Ohio Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments in the case filed by the .
The state school board voted that ECOT that it claimed were enrolled but couldn鈥檛 verify their attendance. But ECOT has claimed that state law says the hours students spent online as determined by logins can鈥檛 be used to calculate state funding.
just after the state school board鈥檚 vote, ECOT鈥檚 board president, Andrew Brush, said this is a fight for the future of education in Ohio.
鈥淎nd in this fight, we don鈥檛 want special treatment. We merely want the right to fair treatment and equal protection under the law,鈥� Brush said.
Two lower courts have sided with the state. The Ohio Supreme Court will hear the case Feb. 13.
