The payment to Dorothy June Brown’s firm settles four lawsuits involving Agora Cyber Charter, an Internet-based school that has 5,500 students throughout the state. Agora is one of at least six Philadelphia-area charters whose finances and operations are under federal scrutiny.

Under the terms of the settlement, obtained by The Inquirer under Pennsylvania’s Right to Know law, the state agreed to pay Brown $1.7 million. The rest came from the for-profit company that ran the school, K12 Pennsylvania L.L.C. In addition, taxpayers will cover more than $700,000 in legal fees.

The settlement severs all ties linking Brown and her company, Cynwyd Group L.L.C., to the charter she founded in 2005. The Education Department also agreed to halt a revocation of Agora’s operating charter, and the school itself is now governed by a new board.

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From Inquirer.com