Republican State Auditor David Yost says a now-closed Dayton charter school called General Chappie James Leadership Academy padded its rolls by nearly half and improperly collected 1.1 million dollars in tax money. Yost says the school reported having 459 students, but only 239 students could be documented. He says the other 220 do not exist.
The school has been ordered to repay the money. Results of Yost's special aduit have been turned over to the Montgomery County prosecutor for consideration of criminal charges. The school's sponsor, Kids Count of Dayton, had problems a few years ago with misspent funds and potential conflicts in oversight at another now-closed charter school.