School districts make more than $1 billion in tuition payments to Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools annually. Most of these dollars come from property taxes that are raised at the local level. They are intended to be invested in educating students. However, thanks to a broken funding formula in Harrisburg and a lack of adequate state oversight, cyber charter schools waste millions of tax dollars every year on things unrelated to educating students.

Each week, we will highlight a different school and new invoices that show how specific cyber charters waste tax dollars. (Spoiler alert: some of these invoices are shocking).

In addition, we will share the four year cohort graduation rates as well as Pennsylvania State Assessment scores for each featured cyber charter school within post. Be prepared to see some low numbers. Every single cyber charter in Pennsylvania has been identified as either a Comprehensive Support and Improvement school (CSI), a Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) school, or an Additional Comprehensive Support and Improvement School (ACSI) which are schools facing the most significant challenges in academic achievement, student growth, and other areas. To view a full chart of all Pennsylvania cyber school performances compared to statewide averages, click here.

Check back each week on Monday to see the newest example of how cyber charter schools waste tax dollars—and why Pennsylvanians need state lawmakers to take immediate action to enact reforms that will protect taxpayers from this waste and abuse.

Below you can find a sample of some of the invoices we received through our RTK request. Click invoices to enlarge.