Ohio Federation blows the whistle on charter chain.

The Columbus Education Association blog reports that the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) has blown the whistle to the IRS in a letter asking it to investigate White Hat Management, Inc. and its affiliates who are claiming 503(c) tax-exempt status.

White Hat Management and its affiliates operate the “Life Skills” and “Hope Academy” charter schools in Ohio, Florida and Arizona. OFT is claiming that White Hat is a shell corporation that allows the misuse of $84 million tax dollars per year.

According the ODE, the average ratio of classroom ratio of students to teachers in the state of Ohio is 19.6 to 1. The average classroom ratio of all 18 Life Skills Centers is an astounding 51.5 students for every teacher.