TX’s Kauffman Leadership Academy to Close with One Week’s Notice to Parents | deutsch29

TX’s Kauffman Leadership Academy to Close with One Week’s Notice to Parents | deutsch29

TX’s Kauffman Leadership Academy to Close with One Week’s Notice to Parents

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) will be closing the Kauffman Leadership Academy (KLA) (Cleburne) charter school with one week’s notice, as reported in WFAA.com.

In this February 13, 2020, letter to KLA leadership, TEA cites, “the [closure] order was issued as a result of the financial situation at the charter school having deteriorated significantly, including federal tax liens and levies issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that had frozen all accounts of the charter school.”

KLA filed with the Texas Secretary of State (SOS) as a business entity on August 23, 2010 (search here; KLA’s taxpayer ID# is 32042519895). According to KLA’s charter application dated 02/23/11 and on file with TEA, KLA planned “to open in August 2011 operate as a private school, pending charter approval.” These archived web pages from July 2011 and May 2015 have KLA identifying itself as an “open enrollment private school pending charter approval.”

According to the IRS, KLA received nonprofit status in August 2014, and CONTINUE READING: TX’s Kauffman Leadership Academy to Close with One Week’s Notice to Parents | deutsch29