By now most people know the OSBI, FBI, Oklahoma County District Attorney's office, and maybe the Securities Commission has several questions for Epic Virtual Charter Schools. Questions concerning racketeering, embezzlement of state funds, falsification of records, ghost students, etc., are all questions that Epic will eventually answer. We have several education related questions that have been previously posed, however, and are still awaiting answers.
1) Article 10, Section 15 of the Oklahoma Constitution states "... the credit of the State shall not be given, pledged, or loaned to any individual... nor shall the State.. make donation by gift...". In addition State Law 70-16-121 states "... all textbooks (and computers) shall be owned by such (school) districts...". How does Epic explain gifting more than 6,000 laptop computers and more than $3,000,000 to individuals?
2) Epic has reported class sizes of 25 to 30 students per teacher. Five (5) Epic high school teachers are reported as having over 2,000 students each. Epic, please explain?
3) State Law prohibits a school of Epic proportions to exceed 5% in administrative costs. The August 2017 auditor's report, however, reflected that Epic accrued 13.28% in administrative costs. How did Epic avoid a penalty for exceeding the limit for administrative costs?
While certainly not as important as the questions the OSBI and FBI has for Epic, our questions concerning education also remain unanswered.
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