Struggle with ECOT nothing new for Ohio education administrators

Today’s legal battle potentially involving hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars paid to online charter schools in Ohio began more than 15 years ago with an audit, an unusual agreement and a mysterious scrawled signature — followed by years of legislative inaction. “This isn’t a new issue. It’s just come to a head,” said Steve Burigana, former chief operating officer and head of the Department of Education’s Office of Community Schools.