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Attorney general plans to sue more charter schools

By STEPHEN MAJORS
Associated Press Writer
Cleveland.com, Sep 13, 2007

Ohio's attorney general plans to sue additional charter schools, a spokesman said Thursday, a day after he filed suit against two Dayton schools accused of repeatedly failing to meet academic and financial standards.

Attorney General Marc Dann will sue at least one school next week and, in the near future, more suits will follow against charter schools, which are privately run but receive state taxpayer dollars, said spokesman Leo Jennings.

The move brought about the latest tiff between Dann, a Democrat, and a Republican-controlled Legislature that claims he is constantly invading its turf.

A spokeswoman for House Speaker Jon Husted, a Kettering Republican and ardent supporter of charter schools, said the Legislature has already passed laws that hold the schools accountable.

"We have put significant accountability measures in place for charter schools in order to weed out the bad actors," said Karen Tabor. "What the attorney general is doing isn't really necessary. He's making his move at the same time these schools would be reviewed."

The charter schools matter is the third separation-of-powers issue the Legislature and Dann have butted heads on since the attorney general took office in January.