Wednesday, May 10, 2000
Ex-school official denied in Ky.
Double-billing on his record
By Sheila McLaughlin
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MASON — A former school board member with a history of double-billing Tristate school districts lost his chance to become a Kentucky high school principal Tuesday after state officials denied him a teaching license.
Jon Reinhard
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A local decision-making council at Franklin County High School in Frankfort, Ky., will officially decide Jon Reinhard's fate at a meeting tonight.
But a spokesman for the district indicated the council didn't have much choice.
“As far as (the superintendent) is concerned, he has not met the requirements of the contract,” district spokesman Wayne Dominick said. “He has to have a clean criminal records check. The job was contingent on him getting certified.”
School officials said last month they were unaware of Mr. Reinhard's conviction on a misdemeanor theft charge in September in Warren County when they offered him the job.
Allison Weber, an attorney for the 17-member independent Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board, declined to comment on why the board refused to certify Mr. Reinhard, saying the proceedings were closed to the public.
The board reviews cases if an applicant indicates they have a criminal history or other incidents involving schools or children.
“He filled out the form correctly. He accompanied it with a letter of explanation as we ask them to,” Ms. Weber said.
All but one board member, who recused himself, voted to deny a teaching certifi cate, Ms. Weber said. Mr. Reinhard has 30 days to appeal the decision.
Mr. Reinhard, 38, was placed on probation for two years in Warren County and forced to resign from the Mason school board after pleading to a misdemeanor theft charge for double-billing the district $378.78 in travel expenses for the Ohio School-to-Work program.
A month earlier, Clermont Northeastern school officials forced Mr. Reinhard to resign for double-billing $3,000 in travel expenses for the same program.
Mr. Reinhard could not be reached Tuesday. However, he told the Enquirer earlier that he did nothing criminal and attributed both double-billing incidents to sloppy bookkeeping.
The Ohio Department of Education is now investigating Mr. Reinhard to determine whether any disciplinary action should be taken against his Ohio teaching certificate.
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