PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) – Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced a lawsuit on Friday against a private school and its leadership for allegedly defrauding parents and donors by falsely claiming the school was not-for-profit and tuition-free.

Rise & Shine Exceptional Services LLC, its owner Desiree Truett and Timothy Truett allegedly misrepresented the for-profit status of Rise & Shine and the tuition it charged parents interested in enrolling their children at the school. The defendants allegedly represented the school was tuition-free when Rise & Shine actually did charge tuition and issued tuition receipts to parents.