LA Charter School Chain will be audited for misusing Taxpayer Dollars

http://www.alternet.org/education/los-angeles-charter-school-chain-will-be-audited-regarding-tax-funding?akid=14298.294211.C1A4KR&rd=1&src=newsletter1057235&t=20

A special committee of the California Legislature has ordered the state auditor to investigate Los Angeles’ largest charter school chain and the state’s charter school trade association for a series of union-busting and privacy breaching actions taken during 2015 to stop a teacher-led union drive at the franchise.

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), composed of members of the Assembly and Senate, voted 8-3 Wednesday to authorize the audit of Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, which has 11,000 students in 27 schools. The audit comes after a Los Angeles County Court issued a temporary restraining order against the taxpayer-funded but privately run school to stop its anti-union actions, which include not only intimidating and threatening teachers but also working with the California Charter School Association (CCSA) to recruit parents and alumni to fight the union drive. 

“Alliance schools are publicly funded,” said State Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, who requested the audit committee take up the issue. “The purpose of those funds is to educate children inside the classroom—not to intimidate teachers and parents.”