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Taxpayers might soon be able to see how private management companies spend the millions they receive from the public to operate public charter schools and how much they profit.
A Franklin County judge ruled that White Hat Management Co. — the for-profit firm of Akron businessman and GOP donor David L. Brennan — is a public official when acting as an authorized representative of a public charter school.
“It’s huge,” said Karen S. Hockstad, an attorney for several charter schools that filed a lawsuit challenging the authority of Ohio’s largest for-
Judge tells charter-school company to open books
White Hat must reveal how public funds are used
White Hat-owner David L. Brennan, center, is the second-biggest GOP campaign donor in the past decade.DISPATCH POLITICS
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A Franklin County judge ordered major GOP donor and charter-school operator David L. Brennan to turn over a detailed accounting of how his for-profit management company spends the millions of tax dollars it receives each year.
Common Pleas Judge John F. Bender ruled that White Hat Management Co. is required to disclose the financial information under Ohio law.
State law “clearly and unambiguously requires operators of community schools to provide their governing authorities with a detailed accounting of how public funds are spent,” Bender wrote in a 12-page decision on a