A checked claim
ECOT stole millions of dollars from taxpayers
Steve Dettelbach · 2018 Attorney General campaign TV ad, displaying a $200 million figure · October 2018 · Attorney General of Ohio
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inflated
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Not yet researched
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.
Other claims by Steve Dettelbach
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Sources
- Fact-checking ads in the race for Ohio attorney general · WSYX ABC6 (Columbus) · 2018-10-17 · accessed 2026-09-19
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