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“This massive attempt to defraud Hoosier taxpayers through complex schemes truly boggles the mind,” said Mr Rokita. It also boggles my mind that the state can be so cavalier and careless in distributing taxpayer funds to fraudulent institutions, apparently with very little oversight. What does that say about our state government and all of the bureaucrats who are charged to manage the educational needs of our students? It just seems to me that there would be systems in place in advance of the funds being distributed in order to provide accountability.
Joe, it’s by design. It’s destroying Indiana to underfund schools and further divert money to charter schools which are held to even lower standards than public schools, but those charter/virtual school campaign contributors expect ROI for the money they give our legislators.
Indiana would do care better to follow the Massachusetts model for charter schools. Only the state board of education can charter schools, no for-profit schools, and it’s kind of hard to get a charter going – you can’t be a fly-by-night dreamer. And, oh yeah, you need to perform or you get closed. Here in Indiana, I think every school corporation can charter schools, and they have a financial incentive to keep the charter open even if they’re doing an awful job.
Finally.
But this case should have been reason for state legislators to make it harder for our tax dollars to be spent by private schools, not easier. This fraud went on for almost two years after it was first exposed. Two years!
https://in.chalkbeat.org/2017/10/31/21105407/as-students-signed-up-online-school-hired-barely-any-teachers-but-founder-s-company-charged-it-milli
Joe B. –
Wow. Only “61 out of 900 seniors graduated,” and it didn’t raise a red flag with someone to look closer or to shut them down for 2 *more* years. Clearly something was lax at the state level for them to continue funding with that level of failure at a school. Any politician that believes otherwise should probably be reviewed to determine if they are connected with the schools.
Ain’t socialism great?
Ain’t unregulated capitalism great? FIFY.
Wow. What a mess. $150 million we’ll likely never see back.
Do online schools not have to report the amount of time students are actually online? Regular public schools have to report on enrollment and have requirements for time in school. Are there not equivalent hoops in place for online schools? Seems like the democrats might have had a point if such hoops don’t exist at the same level as brink & mortar schools. Regardless – it’s about paying for education, so let’s get the partisan out of it do what’s right for the kids – which includes making sure money is being used to truly educate real kids.
You sound like the last Republican Superintendent of Public Education, Jennifer McCormick … who got so fed up with things she didn’t bother to run for re-election to be the last elected superintendent and quit the Republican Party.
What’s amazing about Indiana is how Republicans would rather let a retired florist in Bob Behning have more of a say in education policy in the state than any professional educator. But when you look at the results we get, it’s not all that surprising.
Government idiots doing what government employees do. Forget a “lawsuit” against a couple people who took the $ and ran. Open a criminal investigation against the gov idiots. Unfortunately the AG is not going to pursue any of his own.
If the government is at fault here it is because of the Republican Legislature. I’ll let you “simmer” on that for a bit. The expansion of the voucher system is disappointing.
Gosh that guy Rokita is sure on the job, isn’t he? Truth be told, I think Indiana is preserved for grifters. If you have the connections you can grift millions out of Indiana, scot free. Todd got the memo, he just thinks AG is a stepping stone, just lookin’ to make a splash.
Indiana has been about come on, take the money and run since at least the 90s.
The GOP is brain dead.
https://wsbt.com/news/regional/deal-proposed-in-ex-indiana-schools-chiefs-ethics-case
con men always exist. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water regarding school choice. Charter schools are the answer to create an opportunity for parents to decide what is best for their child with respect to an education. The current public school system fully run and dictated to by the teacher’s unions have a poor history of delivering a good product. I.E. low graduation rates coupled with low competence in SAT scores and etc. Now add their thirst for indoctrination curriculum such as ‘critical race theory’, 1619 projects, sex ed and LBGTQ training for kindergarteners, and many other abhorrent teachings we have to give parents a choice. Aren’t democrats the Pro-choice party?
You started off with a good point and then devolved into garbage you’ve seen either on Fox News or your Facebook feed.
Public dollars should come with accountability. Indiana has dialed down the accountability as they’ve ramped up the dollars diverted from public education to private and charter schools. Explain why this school existed for one week after it was uncovered it was ripping off the state of Indiana, much less two more years.
And for parents who want better schools, they’ve been able to for several years to send their child to any public school that has room.
And spare the nonsense about teachers unions. The state board of education is in charge. We no longer have an elected schools chief. As the Indiana legislature has gotten more involved in education and mandates it’s desires, the outcomes have gotten worse. Coincidence? I doubt it.
And you might wanna take a long hard look at what religious schools teach before you complain about what public schools teach. Find me one k-12 Indiana public school teaching critical race theory. Yet Indiana has numerous schools teaching children the earth is 6,000 years old and taxpayers are paying for it.
Come on Joe, everybody knows the earth is 10,000 years old
Bravo, Joe B!
Come on Joe, everybody knows the earth is 10,000 years old