Epic Charter Schools Misses Deadline To Return Millions To State

Epic Charter Schools has missed their deadline to return millions of dollars to the state of Oklahoma.

In October, the Oklahoma Board of Education voted to demand the school district return more than $11 million to the state treasury.

The State Board of Education spent hours discussing the issue Thursday but we do not know what their next steps will be.

Epic Charter Schools issued a statement Thursday, claiming there are numerous issues with the state's audit.

"We appreciate the State Board of Education taking no action today and allowing EPIC's due process and the State Department of Education's due diligence to continue. EPIC has not failed to meet deadlines and information requests imposed by the State Department of Education during this process. Rather, we have met all deadlines and requests and will continue to do so. 

Further, EPIC was still receiving work papers from the Auditor until Jan. 29, 55 days ago today. The work papers demonstrate a large error rate with the Oct. 1 audit, justifying that it should be highly scrutinized by any party drawing anything from it."

News On 6 reached out to the governor’s office to see how the state will move forward, but haven’t heard back yet.

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