Trying to avoid accountability.
"When the Ohio Department of Education dug into the attendance reporting of Provost Academy Ohio, a small, Columbus-based online charter school, it found that the school was being paid far more than it should have received based on the actual time students spent logged into school-related activities.
Some wonder what would happen if the same scrutiny was applied to online charter schools that are five to 90 times larger than Provost. As lawmakers crafted new charter-school reforms, questions arose about the accuracy of e-school attendance"
What would happen is that they would see that the attendance is grossly inflated, probably fabricated and that the schools are receiving improper funding. I would bet big on this, thus the push back.
"Hanna would not say specifically what would cause problems for e-schools. “We all want to be accountable. We just need to find a way to meet their requirements within the systems that exist now.”"
I call bullshit on that statement. They do not want visibility or accountability.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/03/01/lax-attendance-tracking-allows-800000-state-overpayment-to-online-charter-school.html
"According to its five-year forecast, Provost will repay the state up to $850,000 in “overfunded foundation payments” over the next three years.
As a result, the school’s operator, Edison Learning, needs to contribute to operations or defer management fees during these years, the report said. The management company is paid $250,000 a year to handle administrative and other duties.
The Ohio Council of Community Schools is paid 3 percent of the school’s state aid for a sponsorship fee. The report does not mention deferring or waiving sponsorship fees."
Pretty soon you are talking about real money!
