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A watchdog report uncovers $225 million in alleged school fraud over six years, with two now-closed Indiana online charter schools at the center of a $44 million enrollment-inflation scheme. The findings shake the virtual schooling sector and raise urgent questions about funding oversight for edtech platforms reliant on per-pupil reimbursements.
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| Story count | Number of distinct stories where Open The Books was a primary or referenced actor. |
| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
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