COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State Auditor Dave Yost says he's completed the first phase of an investigation into potentially irregular attendance and enrollment practices at Ohio school districts.
Yost scheduled a news conference Thursday to share results of the first phase of his statewide audit. That includes data collected from a sampling of more than 100 school buildings that experienced high withdrawal rates — or about 3 percent of Ohio's 3,688 public schools.
The Republican auditor wants to determine whether schools removed poor-performing students from their books as a way to improve performance ratings that affect government payments and employee bonuses.
The probe was launched after unusual practices were discovered in Columbus, Toledo and suburban Cincinnati districts.
