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ECOT stole millions of dollars from taxpayers

Steve Dettelbach · 2018 Attorney General campaign TV ad, displaying a $200 million figure · October 2018 · Race: Attorney General of Ohio

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inflated

WSYX ABC6 (Columbus), October 17, 2018 · read the check

Our check against the record

The record does not settle it

Checked against Not yet checked: the Ohio Department of Education's enrollment-review findings for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017, which set what the school was ordered to repay; "stole" describes a crime no court record retrieved finds.

The records: Community school enrollment reviews (Ohio Department of Education and Workforce) · Audit search

Context

The ad's $200 million figure traced to a think-tank estimate; the State of Ohio's actual court action sought to recoup roughly $80 million from ECOT.

Topics: Education, Charter schools.

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Sources

  1. Fact-checking ads in the race for Ohio attorney general · WSYX ABC6 (Columbus) · 2018-10-17 · accessed 2026-09-19
  2. Community school enrollment reviews (Ohio Department of Education and Workforce) · Ohio Department of Education and Workforce · accessed 2026-10-15
  3. Audit search · Ohio Auditor of State · accessed 2026-10-15

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