I’m upset that earlier this year, the Ohio Ethics Commission halted a rule requiring certain officials overseeing charter schools to file financial disclosures, after pressure from legislative leadership (“Ohio Ethics Commission kills disclosure rule after political pressure,” Feb. 1). Senate President Rob McColley, the lieutenant governor candidate with Vivek Ramaswamy, and House Speaker Matt Huffman wrote a letter to the commission last December, saying charter school governing authorities were being unfairly targeted for having to disclose sources of income, gifts and other financial details.

There’s nothing unfair about that. State law requires all superintendents, treasurers and some school boards to submit annual ethics disclosures. The law should apply equally to charter and public schools. Allowing this lack of transparency may contribute to more financial mismanagement at some of the schools.