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The Oklahoma Attorney General's Office claims the two co-founders charged with money laundering and embezzling state funds are still in possession of student funds.

Epic Charter School board members unanimously approved another corrective action plan at a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2022.

The chairperson of Epic Charter Schools governing board said he will step down Friday.

The school boards governing Epic voted to initiate the consolidation of the school systems two branches, pending approval from state officials.

Thousands of Oklahoma students returned to public schools for the fall of 2021 – the third school year impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Oklahoma virtual education officials reinstated as debates with Epic Charter Schools continue Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoman © DOUG HOKE, Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman Epic Superintendent Bart Banfield addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board meeting at the Oklahoma History Center on Oct. 13. Two virtual education officials disqualified from voting on Epic Charter Schools have been reinstated. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board agreed on Tuesd...

Two virtual education officials disqualified from voting on Epic Charter Schools have been reinstated. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board agreed on Tuesday to restore board members Mathew Hamrick and Phyllis Shepherd to discussions and votes on Epic. Hamrick and Shepherd had been barred from voting on Epic since December because of their ties to the virtual systems co-founder David Chaney. The remaining non-recused board members — Chairperson Robert Franklin and members Ba...

Grand jury: Epic system ripe for fraud By: Jennifer Palmer Oklahoma Watch May 10, 2021 A sign outside of 50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City, where Epic Charter Schools leases 40,000 square feet for administrative use. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch) The state’s multicounty grand jury recently delivered a message to the public: demand more transparency and accountability of Epic Charter Schools, the state’s largest online charter school system. The grand jury’s investigation...

By Jennifer Palmer | Oklahoma Watch May 7, 2021 3 hrs ago The state’s multicounty grand jury delivered a message to the public this week: demand more transparency and accountability of Epic Charter Schools, the state’s largest online charter school system. The grand jury’s investigation of Epic began in October and isn’t completed yet. But on Thursday it issued a 25-page interim report to inform the public, parents, and policymakers detailing “concerning tre...

By: Barry Mangold Oklahoma state regulators overseeing Epic One-on-One Charter School voted on Monday to approve a settlement agreement with the district and to cancel an upcoming termination hearing.  The vote ends a roughly seven-month-long saga between the district and its authorizer, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board. The board threatened Epic with termination after a blistering report by the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector in October.  “Today’s vote moves us forward,” s...