Arizona asks ASU charter schools to pay back more than $5M

PHOENIX (AP) — State education officials want Arizona State University’s charter schools to pay back more than $5 million in state funding the schools have received over the past few years.
The Arizona Republic reported Monday that the state Department of Education says small-school weight funding was inappropriately paid to ASU Prep schools, which serve more than 2,100 students on several campuses.
ASU spokeswoman Katie Paquet says the state also wants to take back the $800,000 in f