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180:. The school was established with the goal of giving every child a free laptop supported by the VSCHOOLZ program. In January 2014, Superintendent Ron Price turned over documents to the Tarrant County District Attorney's office alleging that hundreds of laptops had been stolen from Prime Prep. He later gave the information to the FBI. The school was closed January 30, 2015, due to financial insolvency.
191:(UIL), which governs interscholastic activities of public schools (including charter schools) in Texas. It had recruited significant portions of existing championship teams and "league hopping" athletes. After the issues were worked out, the school had problems finding opponents for their football team. Ultimately Prime Prep would withdraw from the UIL and participate as an independent program.
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October 2014, the school stopped forwarding paycheck withholdings to the IRS, which had been averaging $ 25,000 to $ 28,000 per month. The IRS would later file a tax lien of $ 56,625.
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372:"Deion Sanders' Prime Prep Academy draws scrutiny from Texas Education Agency | Dallas Morning News"
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