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HISD claims charter 'falsified records': district orders the academy for at-risk teens to repay $358,000.

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| April 28, 2007 | Radcliffe, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jennifer Radcliffe

Apr. 28--An HISD charter school for at-risk teenagers inflated its attendance by more than 200 students last year and must now repay the extra $358,000 in state funding that it pocketed for those students, Houston school district officials said Friday.

ALTA Academy "falsified records either by intention, improperly trained staff or by failure to perform its due diligence," according to a report by the HISD inspector general's office. Allegations levied last year by a former ALTA employee led to the investigation.

Though leaders of the southeast Houston campus admit to some recordkeeping mistakes, they said they plan to appeal the $358,000…

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