"We welcome any state review that may offer additional information," she said.

A state review is normal for every charter school in its third year, Mr. Cohen said.

"Many of the issues cited in the state review, including our financial problems, were related to inadequate space," he said.

Instead, he said, campuses have been using the accounts for money from other revenues and fees that should have been subject to state review.

Schools where the performance doesn't measure up can be put under state review and possibly closed.

The main provision eliminates state review of mutual fund prospectuses and advertisements.

The state review, he added, would determine whether any of the districts are misusing the pension system.

Though foster children 12 or older are required to be notified of family planning services, a state review last year found that 65 percent were not.

According to the state review, 8 of the 13 children who died of abuse or neglect in 2002 had open case files with child welfare officials.

Some of Hempstead's schools have been under special state review.