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ECOT Sponsor Agrees To Repay The State

WCBE 90.5FM | By Ohio Public Radio
Published June 13, 2019 at 5:24 AM EDT
Ohio Public Radio

An educational service center is repaying the state money it received while sponsoring the now-closed Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. 

The settlement is part of a larger lawsuit targeting 80 million dollars in overpayments to ECOT. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow reports.

 

The Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West will repay the state of Ohio $879,000. That’s the amount it received as a sponsor of ECOT.

 

The online charter school was given state money for students it couldn’t prove it had, to the tune of about $80 million.

 

Attorney General Dave Yost commends Lake Erie West for agreeing to repay its portion.

 

The state is still pursuing that much larger pot of money through a lawsuit against a handful of ECOT officials, including its founder and major GOP campaign donor, Bill Lager.

 
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