My daughter attended CA Charter Academy (a school that is now closed down for more than one reason) for 3 years and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. She had planned for college for years and Charter Academy knew it.
After applying for a CAL-Grant, we were notified that my daughter was disqualified because Charter was not an accredited school. The school never gave that information. They said they were a public school just like any other public school.
Snowline School District was suppose to be monitoring that Charter was operating in compliance with state laws. The CA Education code states that parents must be informed about the transferability of credits.
Even though Charter violated the education code, Snowline did not exercise their responsibility to monitor the school, and the administrator of Charter embezzled millions of dollars funded by the state and taxpayers so he could purchase his own business, Disneyland vacations, new cars, and credit cards for his whole family, the only support received by my State Education Dept was a letter from their so-called "attorney" that basically said they couldn't care less and were going to do nothing about it.
My daughter who is a very dedicated student and worked very hard to maintain a high GPA so she could receive aid for college now has a financial burden of $15,000 in student loans from her first year in college and will probably not be able to attend next year because of the cost and no financial aid.
So parents and citizens BEWARE!!! Don't trust the education department. They will not the protect the rights of your children of take action when their laws are violated
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