State ex rel. Ministerial Day Care Ass'n v. Montgomery

{¶ 1} Appellant Ministerial Day Care Association (“Ministerial”) is a nonprofit organization that receives federal and state funds to provide child-development programs to low-income families in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Appellant Verneda Bentley is Ministerial’s Executive Director.

{¶ 2} In September 2000, the Ohio Department of Education (“ODE”) requested that appellee, the State Auditor, perform a special audit of Ministerial. ODE asked that the State Auditor review Ministerial’s Head Start enrollment rosters for fiscal year 1998 and Ministerial’s purchase of computer equipment and software.…