Charter school challenge.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

Since 2000, Arizona has passed along federal funding to approximately 30 for-profit education providers controlling an estimated 75 charter schools in the state. A 2004 U.S. Department of Education audit questioned the schools' authority to keep the money and directed the state to repay a minimum of $1.1 million in aid under the Title I compensatory education program and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In late July, however, the state's attorney general rendered an opinion...