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Charter schools misspend millions of Ohio tax dollars as efforts to police them are privatized;By Doug Livingston

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Ohio's charter schools are notoriously wasteful with taxpayer dollars. And he predicts it will get worse because auditing of charters has been privatized.
"No sector -- not local governments, school districts, court systems, public universities or hospitals -- misspends tax dollars like charter schools in Ohio. Since 2001, state auditors have uncovered $27.3 million improperly spent by charter schools, many run by for-profit companies, enrolling thousands of children and producing academic results that rival the worst in the nation.
And the extent of the misspending could be far higher."You don't even have to understand audits to know that something is broken there,"
"Since 2001, state auditors have uncovered $27.3 million improperly spent by charter schools, many run by for-profit companies, enrolling thousands of children and producing academic results that rival .
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