oublesome. Education Week reported on March 20, 2002, "Originally designed to inspire innovation and free schools from bureaucracy, in return for showing results, charter schools often remain mired in debate over what they should look like and how they should be regulated and financed."
             Problems plague some charter schools
             The lack of adequate accountability provisions in some state laws, and in some cases ineffective monitoring, have led to significant problems and abuses by some charter school operators.
             In the first half of 2002, the California State Board of Education reduced funding to 46 charter schools after an audit found the schools failed to follow state spending guidelines. State education officials and legislators in Indiana, Massachusetts and elsewhere were exploring how to better monitor charter school funding and spending. (Education Week, March 20, 2002)
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