A financially mismanaged charter school in Murray has closed its doors — though it still owes more than $400,000 in funds that were meant for special education but were instead illegally misused to pay for salaries.
The state believes the charter has no plan to repay that. And it has missed two deadlines already.
So on Tuesday, in an effort to recover the money, the Utah State Charter School Board voted to forcibly remove the institution’s director. Members unanimously decided, too, to replace him with state auditor John Dougall to finish out the process of shutting down the school.