July 30 application deadline looms for Online Learning Academy July 28 2021 Portland Public Schools will offer remote learning option for students with health issues during 2021-22 school year. Portland Public Schools will offer fully remote education options for a limited number of students come fall, but the deadline to apply is fast approaching. Parents and families have until Friday, July 30, to {obj:55582:apply for the districts new Online Learning Academy}. District administrators said OLA was created using $6 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to give medically fragile students an educational option for the 2021-22 school year that doesn't require them to be on campus.