{"id":176295,"date":"2025-04-07T22:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/minnesotas-charter-school-fraud-crisis-is-part-of-a-nationwide-pattern\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T22:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:16:12","slug":"minnesotas-charter-school-fraud-crisis-is-part-of-a-nationwide-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=176295","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota\u2019s Charter School Fraud Crisis is Part of a Nationwide Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/progressive.org\/downloads\/21630\/download\/pexels-pixabay-289740.jpg?cb=b58d8502d42f9dacd51187bc4522fa00\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"lead\">As the national conversation about school choice and privatization heats up around Congressional Republicans\u2019 efforts to enact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/petergreene\/2024\/12\/11\/what-is-in-the-federal-school-voucher-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (Educational Choice for Children Act)\">Educational Choice for Children Act<\/a> (ECCA), a nationwide federally administered school voucher program, the political debate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.methodschools.org\/blog-2023\/charter-schools-not-vouchers-are-the-bedrock-of-educational-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (mostly moved away)\">mostly moved away<\/a> from other \u201cschool choice\u201d options, such as charter schools, that have traditionally caused the most friction. But a recently published series of reports on charter schools in Minnesota, home to the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/09\/02\/160409742\/from-a-single-charter-school-a-movement-grows\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (first)\">first<\/a> charter school law, raises the question of whether or not charters are a less onerous option than vouchers or other school choice schemes.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, a bipartisan group of state legislators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrl.mn.gov\/guides\/guides?issue=charter\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (signed off)\">signed off<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/laws\/1991\/0\/265\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (bill)\">bill<\/a> allowing for the creation of charter schools in Minnesota. These privately managed, publicly funded K-12 schools <a href=\"https:\/\/mncharterschools.org\/advocacy\/mn-charter-school-story.php\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (were sold)\">were sold<\/a> as a way to improve the quality of education in the state through innovation and teacher empowerment, which a pro-charter schools report from the Citizens League <a href=\"https:\/\/mncharterschools.org\/_uls\/resources\/08.31.2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (referred to as)\">referred to as<\/a> the \u201cMinnesota difference.\u201d Freed from rigid district mandates, the report argued, teachers and students in charter schools would have easier access to \u201cequitable opportunities and excellence in education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even local teachers union leaders, <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/briefs\/two-minnesota-charter-schools-vote-to-unionize\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (initially opposed)\">initially opposed<\/a> to the charter school concept due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilylanghorne\/2018\/09\/11\/an-unlikely-alliance-heres-what-can-happen-if-teachers-union-embrace-charter-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (concerns)\">concerns<\/a> over collective bargaining rights and other key issues, eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2011\/12\/02\/teachers-union-charter-school\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (got on board)\">got on board<\/a>. Under the leadership of former presidents Louise Sundin and Lynn Nordgren, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers even became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2011\/12\/02\/teachers-union-charter-school\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (first)\">first<\/a> union in the country to provide funding and oversight for start-up charter schools in the state\u2014a move that sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/pejamn.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/frankenguild-part-2-sellout-continues.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (backlash)\">backlash<\/a> among some rank-and-file members of the union.<\/p>\n<p>The vision for charters, as Sundin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationevolving.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/union-leader-explains-support-of-chartering-in-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (described it)\">described it<\/a> in a 2012 book, was to build creative, collaborative, teacher-run schools that would attract the \u201cbest and the brightest.\u201d But while there are now roughly 180 charter schools in Minnesota, drawing more than <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforschoolchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FINAL-22-23-Charter-and-District-School-Demographics-and-Trends-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (7 percent)\">7 percent<\/a> of the state\u2019s K-12 students, reports by <em>The Minnesota Star Tribune<\/em> suggest ample evidence of corruption and churn in the Minnesota charter school, of the sort that has continually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/petergreene\/2019\/03\/29\/report-the-department-of-education-has-spent-1-billion-on-charter-school-waste-and-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (dogged)\">dogged<\/a> the charter school industry nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>In his investigation, <em>Star Tribune <\/em>reporter Jeffrey Meitrodt paints a picture of an industry that seeks to protect itself rather than deliver on promises of greater student achievement through deregulation and privatization. In 2024, the state\u2019s supreme court <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/minnesota\/supreme-court\/2024\/a23-0064.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (restricted)\">restricted<\/a> the Minnesota Internship Center\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (charter school)\">charter school<\/a> for high school students with campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul\u2014from accessing more than a million dollars in per-pupil funding after finding that the school had inflated its enrollment numbers by 137 students. The extra money the school pulled in was seemingly not used for educational purposes, as former employees told state investigators that special education classes in particular involved little to no oversight or instruction. In fact, Meitrod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minnesota-charter-school-loses-13-million-in-state-funding-over-inflated-enrollment\/601054387\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (notes)\">notes<\/a> that just 2 percent of the Minnesota Internship Center\u2019s students show up for school on a regular basis, compared to the state average of 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In the past five years, numerous other charter school leaders across the United States have been implicated in similar <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/news\/indycrime\/new-info-on-multi-million-dollar-education-fraud-after-recent-charter-school-related-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (scandals)\">scandals<\/a> that amounted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minnesota-charter-school-loses-13-million-in-state-funding-over-inflated-enrollment\/601054387\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (more than $300 million)\">more than $300 million<\/a> in stolen taxpayer funds. Meitrodt notes that while these flagrant violations of the public\u2019s trust have led to greater charter school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/2015\/10\/ohio_passes_major_charter_school_reform_bill_pension_controversy_to_have_more_study.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (oversight)\">oversight<\/a> in states such as Ohio, officials in Minnesota have yet to take similar actions.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of oversight has in fact led to multiple examples of failure and upheaval in charter schools around the state, especially in charter schools that serve vulnerable student populations. Consider the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jjlegacy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (J.J. Legacy School)\">J.J. Legacy School<\/a>, a K-6 Montessori-focused charter school in the historically underserved area of North Minneapolis which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/breaking-the-news\/north-minneapolis-jj-legacy-school-closing-abruptly-school-directors-blame-accounting-issues\/89-2e1c712a-e9fb-4e00-90d6-535ee5a7a340\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (closed)\">closed<\/a> abruptly in January 2024 after it was revealed that the school owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the state due to enrollment discrepancies. The school\u2019s accountant was apparently nowhere to be found, leaving school officials unclear about why such financial problems had taken hold.<\/p>\n<p>Meitrodt reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/more-minnesota-charter-schools-are-facing-possible-termination\/601207794\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (nine Minnesota charter schools closed)\">nine Minnesota charter schools closed<\/a> in 2024\u2014the most since the industry\u2019s founding\u2014with another ten likely to be forced to close in 2025. He chalks this up to a stunning lack of oversight and accountability. Charter schools in Minnesota are overseen by nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/mncharterschools.org\/resources\/authorizing-a-charter-school.php\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (authorizers)\">authorizers<\/a>, ranging from the Minnesota Guild, which was once funded by the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, to the University of St. Thomas, a private Catholic school in St. Paul.<\/p>\n<p>These authorizers earned nearly $4 million in fees collectively in 2023, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/mncharterschools.org\/_uls\/resources\/Authorizer_Report_FY_23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (report)\">report<\/a> from the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools. The money came from the state\u2019s public education fund, and was paid to each authorizer by the charter schools they were tasked with overseeing. Yet, the Association of Charter Schools report found that the exact flow of funds is difficult to ascertain, as many authorizers have consistently failed to follow reporting guidelines put in place by the Minnesota Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Meitrodt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/charter-school-regulators-refuse-to-turn-over-records-involving-troubled-minnesota-schools\/601186068\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (reported)\">reported<\/a> in November 2024 that the ten largest charter school authorizers in the state had thus far refused to share documentation with him regarding the oversight they were supposed to be providing for the schools under their charge. To make matters worse, the Minnesota Department of Education \u201cdoes not routinely require authorizers to provide such records.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This troubling situation is all the more concerning given that the federal Department of Education is currently facing an existential crisis of its own as the Trump Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/senate-confirms-linda-mcmahon-as-education-secretary-amid-trump-vow-to-close-department\/ar-AA1Ab1Kp\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (seeks)\">seeks<\/a> to shut it down. Should Trump succeed, it could leave millions of students across the country in a very vulnerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/how-trumps-policies-could-affect-special-education\/2024\/11\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (position)\">position<\/a>, likely without any oversight regarding how public funds are allocated and whether or not students with disabilities receive the education they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/laws-and-policy\/individuals-disabilities\/idea\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (legally entitled)\">legally entitled<\/a> to.<\/p>\n<p>The heated debate taking place now on Capitol Hill over the real and potential harms caused by school voucher programs will certainly continue, but it should not be forgotten that the decades of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/knowledge-bank\/articles\/2015-12-15\/every-student-succeeds-act-reflects-bipartisan-support-for-charter-schools\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link opens in new window (bipartisan)\">bipartisan<\/a> support for school choice schemes across the board, including Minnesota\u2019s mostly unchecked charter school sector, have helped weaken protections and compromised opportunities for the students most in need of a robust public school system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the national conversation about school choice and privatization heats up around Congressional Republicans\u2019 efforts to enact the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), a nationwide federally administered school voucher program, the political debate has mostly moved away from other \u201cschool choice\u201d options, such as charter schools, that have traditionally caused the most friction. 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