Dive Brief:
- Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost declined to launch an investigation into why the state's education officials left some data on student performance off of evaluations of charter school overseers.
- Two weeks ago, the state's director of quality school choice, David J. Hansen, stepped down after admitting to intentionally leaving out the damning data in the mandated reports.
- Instead, auditors working on the state's education department's annual audit will take a closer look at charter school spending.
Dive Insight:
As for why the state auditor decline to investigate, Yost said the case's twists and turns were all out in the open already.
"There are no facts to go find, so we're not sending out any investigators to find facts," Yost said. He also said no money was spent as a result of the omission, which negates the need to investigate.
Although Ohio's state auditor declined to go after the charter school oversight, one of the state Senate representatives attempted to elevate the issue to the national stage. Sen. Sherrod Brown tried to introduce an amendment to the recent and pending reauthorization of NCLB that would have mandated increased charter school oversight. The amendment failed but still drew national attention.