Should the board choose to stand by its charter division staff, the schools would simply appeal to the State Board of Education in Sacramento or the politically appointed Los Angeles County Office of Education, where only last year Magnolia received reversals after the previous LAUSD board rejected three renewals over financial improprieties arising from the chain's ties to
an alleged immigration fraud ring run by Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen.
He is committed to stand trial on the remaining counts, except that Count 9 will
allege a
fraud committed between May 1st and December 24th, 2003, Count 12 will
allege a
fraud rather than a theft, and Counts 10 and 11 will charge offences contrary to s. 127 and s. 122 (1)(b) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, respectively, rather than the Criminal Code charges that appear in the information.