The Toledo Public Schools superintendent and two other top TPS officials are facing suspensions over the next three years for their involvement in the scrubbing of attendance records dating back to the early 2000s. They join 17 other TPS employees who were implicated in

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According to documents obtained by 13abc Thursday morning Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Romules Durant faces a 90 day suspension over the next three years during which time he will not be able to engage in any educational activities, coaching activities, or other duties which require certification. Two other top administrators are facing the same discipline after signing off on agreements with the Ohio Department of Education. Durant, Jim Gault and Brian Murphy are receiving discipline for their roles in remove students from the attendance rolls.

They will serve that suspension in 30-day increments through 2021. Durant says that, since this is a license suspension, he will not be allowed to sign documents during the time in which he serves it, but he will remain in the community.

For the last several years, the Ohio Department of Education has been investigating a number of districts for removing chronically absent students and re-enrolling them. The result is a "scrubbed" record as reported to the state.

13abc will be updating this story as it develops.