2020 LAUSD ELECTIONS

School Board Candidate Silent As Charter Schools Double Dip At The Public Trough

Marilyn Koziatek will not answer questions about Granada Hills Charter taking over $8 million from the Paycheck Protection Program.

“I hear time and time again that charters are not businesses. If they’re not, then why are they able to get this money?”

- LAUSD Parent

Charter schools in California are funded based on their enrollment using the same per-pupil funding rates as their public school counterparts. Additionally, the charter school industry’s investment in political campaigns has given them advantages over their competition in receiving public funds for their private operations. For example, Granada Hills Charter school played a shell game to take advantage of a loophole written into the Charter School Facility Grant (SB740) which “is intended to provide grants to charter schools to assist with facilities’ rent and lease costs associated with the school.” Since SB740 does not allow schools to get reimbursed for mortgage…