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Green Dot charter schools founder repays group $50,866
- 12-03-2009
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Local charter school founder Steve Barr, a national figure in school reform, has repaid his organization more than $50,000 after an internal review determined that expenses he had charged were undocumented or unjustified. The repayment was disclosed in a tax return filed this year by Green Dot Public Schools, which Barr launched in 1999. Barr stepped aside this fall as board chairman of Green Dot but remains on the board and on staff. The expense problem had nothing to do with Barr's change of role, said Shane Martin, who replaced Barr as chairman. Martin said Tuesday that the expenses came to light in an internal review as the rapidly growing nonprofit transitioned from Barr's ad hoc creation to a nonprofit run according to proper accounting standards. (more...)
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