by Mike Colombo
WHAS11.com
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11)- A Louisville father accused of lying about his address for years so his son could go to school in Oldham Co. is now facing charges.

Any parent will tell you, they want the best for their kids and that's what Charles Lauron told WHAS11’s Mike Colombo. While he refused to talk on camera he said there are more details to this case that can not be discussed.

District officials say Lauron is the first of many other parents that might be charged for the same crime.

Lauron was told that Friday would be his sons last day at North Oldham Middle School. The Oldham County School District says Lauron has been fraudulently enrolling his son in Oldham County schools since 2003, using a Goshen address.

At face value this may not seem like a big deal deserving of criminal charges and fines. Lisa Gross with the KY Dept. of Education described why it is.

"If parents send their child to a school out of district inappropriately without being covered by the non-resident contract those parents are paying taxes in the area which they live that go to their school system, the one that serves that area. The school system is getting some tax revenues but the parents aren't benefitting from those tax revenues," said Gross.

Gross says it really hurts the districts who aren't benefitting from the tax revenues.

"Schools that enroll students that aren't part of a non-resident contract can't count them in average daily attendance figures. That may have an impact on their state funding as well," added Gross.

Oldham County assistant superintendent of student services Dan Orman says state law requires public school's to only enroll students who live within the district's county unless a student is covered under a nonresident agreement. In Oldham County, the only written exception is for students of full-time employees and they must pay $18.63 a day, the amount the district would get from the state if they student lived in the county.

Orman says illegal enrollments hurt Oldam County tax payers, Jefferson County Public School funding because students are leaving the district, and the children who are taught to lie by their parents about their living arrangements.

Kentucky is not alone. Ohio, Illinois, and Connecticut have also cracked down on illegal enrollment. If you want to weigh in on the issue, head to our WHAS11 Facebook page.

http://www.whas11.com/news/education/128543123.html

How can the gov do this? Oldham county is full of horse farms loaded with illegal alien workers that send kids to their schools. A guy from an adjourning county is a criminal?