When Nacsa Comes looking for a contract, they don’t come empty handed.

A national public school choice group is asking the Nevada attorney general’s office to investigate whether the head of the State Public Charter School Authority violated state law. The request comes just weeks after he submitted his resignation amid concerns about his truthfulness and transparency.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal

Georgia's inspector general has been asked to look into whether a group that did work for the Charter Schools Commission violated state law by not reporting that it paid for staffers to attend events across the country and offered them stipends.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Nacsa paid for nevada state charter authority staff travel…

The National Coalition for Public School Options sent a letter Tuesday alleging that charter authority Executive Director Patrick Gavin had an “improperly close relationship” with the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and went on a Washington, D.C., trip paid for by the group…

…while soliciting contracts in the state.

…He did so at a time when the authority was soliciting a request for proposals for business consultation services, a contract that NACSA eventually landed, according to the letter.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal

nacsa offered consulting contracts to georgia state officials…

Records show the association offered Holliday a $1,000 "consulting/facilitating fee" in 2017 for a conference in Phoenix. She accepted the stipend.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/25/18

…The same officials who oversee the state’s contract with nacsa.

On the day a consulting contract was being finalized in June 2017, the association offered Stevens $1,000 as a "consulting stipend" and travel reimbursement to speak at a conference. Stevens turned down the payment.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/25/18

“The citizens of Georgia should be able to have faith that their state government employees are not conflicted by receiving — or even being offered — side ‘consulting’ payments from state vendors, and vendors need to be held accountable for such inappropriate offers or payments and violations of important government transparency provisions”
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/11/18

NACSA, a state vendor, admits making personal payments to state officials.

“We compensate people.”
- Greg Richmond, NACSA CEO
The 74, 2/12/19

“Yes, Bonnie Holliday did some work for us and got paid for it."
- Greg Richmond, NACSA CEO
The 74, 2/12/19

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