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Audacious, multi-million dollar scandals by two California charter school operators within the past decade exposed vulnerabilities to fraud resulting from inept and negligent oversight and inadequate auditing. A pair of inquiries into those weaknesses have concluded that several dozen actions could help spot, address and potentially deter future attempts by charter school operators to evade state laws and regulations.
Both reports were issued within the past two months. One is a joint effort of the Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team, a state fiscal oversight agency known as FCMAT.
The other is by the Anti-Fraud Task Force of the California Charter Authorizing Professionals, a nonprofit association for school districts and county…
