Auditor finds charter school contracting problems

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two Albuquerque charter schools have paid more than $1 million to a private company owned by the schools’ top administrator and another school official, according to a financial review by the state auditor’s office released Wednesday.

State Auditor Hector Balderas said his office found potential contracting violations and conflicts of interests at Southwest Secondary Learning Center and Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics and Science Academy, which are part of a consortium of four charter schools called the Southwest Learning Centers.

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