Legislature committee members paid to play?

   Several weeks ago we published a list of elected officials who have been paid to play with EPIC Virtual Charter Schools and its private education management company. In order to keep the players straight in EPIC's virtual pyramid scheme, it's important that those sitting at the top are identified. The superintendent of EPIC has been identified as David Chaney, while EPIC Youth Services (the private management company) CEO has been identified as Ben Harris, and the government services director (lobbyist) for EPIC is Bobby Stem, who also is/was? the school board chairman for EPIC. Also at the top of the pyramid is Elizabeth Van Acker or Elizabeth Vanacker?, VP of Five Points Technology Group, Inc., a Florida or Texas? for-profit corporation.
   The constructed pyramid scheme is as follows: EPIC Virtual Charter Schools pays EPIC Youth Services (EYS), an Oklahoma LLC, an "administrative fee" of 10% of gross revenues for operating the school, which could amount to $11 million this year. EYS, in turn, contracts with Educational Administrative Services (EAS) or Five Points Technology Group, a for-profit corporation to provide bookkeeping and consulting services, including the services of treasurer.
   One may easily conclude that Epic's public school model is indeed an illegal pyramid scheme, because it involves no products for sale and involves recruiting sales people (students and teachers) to make a profit. The profit for EPIC, et al, comes from Oklahoma taxpayers - at the expense of traditional public schools.
   We may now identify the "paid to play" senator and representative education and appropriation committee members to determine which may support the illegal pyramid scheme of Epic Virtual Charter Schools:
                                              Senate Education Committee
Senator Gary Stanislawski - Chair          $2,000
Senator Joe Newhouse - Vice Chair        $30,000 (anti-public school dark money support)
Senator David Bullard
Senator JJ Dossett
Senator Tom Dugger
Senator John Haste
Senator Carri Hicks
Senator Allison Ikley-Freeman
Senator Chris Kidd
Senator Roland Pederson
Senator DeWayne Pemberton
Senator Marty Quinn                              $500
Senator Paul Scott
Senator Wayne Shaw                              $1,000
Senator Jason Smalley                           $3,000

                                          House Common Education Committee
Rep. Rhonda Baker - Chair                    $4,200
Rep. Mark Vancuren - Vice Chair
Rep. Kelly Albright
Rep. Carol Bush                                     $1,000
Rep. Chad Caldwell                               $500
Rep. Sherrie Conley                               $1,000
Rep. Sheila Dills
Rep. Ronny Johns                                  $1,000
Rep. Melissa Provenzano
Rep. Randy Randleman
Rep. Dustin Roberts
Rep. Jacob Rosecrants
Rep. Todd Russ                                      $1,000
Rep. Danny Sterling
Rep. John Talley
Rep. John Waldron
Rep. Tammy West                                   $1,000

                                         House Appropriations and Budget Committee
Rep. Scott Fetgatter - Chair
Rep. Brian Hill - Vice Chair                 $1,000
Rep. Merleyn Bell
Rep. Jeff Boatman
Rep. Chelsey Branham
Rep. Rusty Cornwell                             $1,000
Rep. Mark Lepak                                  $1,000
Rep. Garry Mize                                   $1,000

   * In addition, Senator Greg Treat, President Pro Tempore, who assigns senate committee membership was provided $4,200 to keep the EPIC pyramid profitable. Representative Charles McCall, Speaker of the House, in charge of House committee memberships, was provided $5,000 for the Speaker's Ball by EPIC officials.