SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A father has sued three Orange County community college districts for giving class credit for team workouts or practices or classes that never existed.

Andrew Carl, parent of two former Fullerton High School baseball players, sued the Coast, North Orange County and South Orange County Community College districts, as well as their coaches and employees.

The December lawsuit has been under seal. Carl is seeking damages for the past decade, claiming that since 1997, taxpayers have been defrauded out of more than $206 million.

Carl alleges that the colleges submitted false reports for classes that were athletic team practices or workouts, if the classes ever took place at all.

Dixie Bullock, president of Saddleback College and the South Orange County district, said she was unaware of the suit. North Orange County district officials declined comment and Coast district officials said they were looking into it.

A December investigation by the Orange County Register revealed that some high school athletes were enrolled in college credit physical education courses that were regular high school sports practices. Some community colleges would then boost their enrollment figures and wrongly receive funding.

The state community college chancellor's office reviewed the issue and found that 5 percent of the total enrollment was made up of high school students, costing taxpayers up to $36 million in illegal enrollment.

More than half of California's community college districts admitted they offered courses that broke the law, according to the chancellor's review.

Carl also has filed a civil suit against the North Orange County Community District, Fullerton Union High School District and three Fullerton employees. That suit alleges Carl's two sons, baseball players at Fullerton, were harassed by their coach when they failed to sign up for such college credit courses through Cypress College taught by Fullerton athletic director and football coach Julian Smilowitz.

Smilowitz, Fullerton baseball coach David Posthuma and the districts deny any wrongdoing.