Post by Logan on Jul 9, 2016 22:32:44 GMT -6
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A for-profit company that operates online charter schools in California has reached a $168.5 million settlement with the state over claims it manipulated attendance records and overstated the academic progress of students.
The deal announced Friday by Attorney General Kamala Harris also requires Virginia-based K12 Inc. to take a slew of corrective actions, the East Bay Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/29r0Dvp).
The settlement comes almost three months after the Bay Area News Group published an investigation of K12 Inc., which received more than $310 million in state funding for its profitable but low-performing network of California Virtual Academies, or CAVA, which serve about 15,000 students.
Harris' office found that K12 and its 14 "virtual" schools in California used deceptive advertising to mislead families about students' academic progress, parents' satisfaction with the program and their graduates' eligibility for admission at the University of California and California State University.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article88664832.html
The deal announced Friday by Attorney General Kamala Harris also requires Virginia-based K12 Inc. to take a slew of corrective actions, the East Bay Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/29r0Dvp).
The settlement comes almost three months after the Bay Area News Group published an investigation of K12 Inc., which received more than $310 million in state funding for its profitable but low-performing network of California Virtual Academies, or CAVA, which serve about 15,000 students.
Harris' office found that K12 and its 14 "virtual" schools in California used deceptive advertising to mislead families about students' academic progress, parents' satisfaction with the program and their graduates' eligibility for admission at the University of California and California State University.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article88664832.html