PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Taxpayer-funded charter schools are a “cancer” on the state’s open records law because they routinely ignore citizens’ requests for records, the state’s open records director said on Monday.
In response to a question at a Senate hearing, Terry Mutchler, the director, said charter schools are the No. 1 violator of the law.
“They ignore the citizens. They ignore us. They ignore the courts,” Mutchler told the Senate State Government Committee. “They just play by their own rules.” … (more)
