San Diego Union-Tribune
In the four years since the San Diego District Attorney’s Office indicted A3 charter operators of stealing $400 million in state education funds, lawmakers have done little to tighten regulations and oversight, said San Diego Deputy District Attorney Leon Schorr, one of the prosecutors in the case. Since then, Schorr’s office and CCAP have each convened statewide anti-fraud task forces—focusing on different issues, but maintaining close communication—to propose reforms for deterring, detecting, and strengthening prosecution of fraud in charter schools and California’s larger public school system. CCAP’s task force hopes to release its report late next month.