Editorial
Rokita seeks recoup from shady online charter
Todd Rokita s first actions as Indiana attorney general looked like much of the blatantly partisan work he did as secretary of state and as a congressman. But his announcement Monday of a lawsuit seeking to recover $154 million from unscrupulous online charter school operators is welcome news for Indiana taxpayers.
It s the work we hope he will continue to do.
“This massive attempt to defraud Hoosier taxpayers through complex schemes truly boggles the mind,” Rokita said in a statement. “This case demonstrates once again that public servants must remain ever vigilant in our work to safeguard the public treasury from opportunists.”
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The office of the former headquarters for Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy was on East 96th Street in Indianapolis. Attorney General Todd Rokita sued the schools, multiple venders that provided services to them, and 14 individuals with ties to the schools or the companies that were inappropriately paid. The lawsuit is based on the findings from an investigation released by the State Board of Accounts last year. The review found that the two schools reported thousands more students than actually attended classes. As a result, they inappropriately collected more than $68 million in state funds. The schools also paid more than $85 million in public funds to companies that had links to school officials and their family members, the audit found.