The state education department has ordered that more money be withheld from the state's largest online charter school鈥檚 monthly funding. Officials believe the is still getting too much money based on a suggested drop in enrollment.
The Ohio Department of Education is putting aside 12 percent of the money it sends to ECOT every month. This is in addition to to make up for inflated student enrollment reports two years ago.
Republican Auditor Dave Yost says ECOT . Enrollment dictates how much public money charter schools get from the state, so he says it鈥檚 right for the state to withhold more money.
鈥淓COT may be asking for more funding than they鈥檙e entitled to ... and if they were to go away we wouldn鈥檛 be able to get that money back,鈥� he said.
An ECOT spokesperson said the school is consulting with its legal team before responding.
