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The district, which serves Upton, is in its second year of offering online education to students statewide. This has nearly tripled their enrollment figures, which have been declining in recent years for in-person instruction.
Despite a state ban on enrollment incentives, Colearn Academy wants to expand to Indiana with a model that offers parents a stipend to spend on curriculum and activities.
A new Indiana law strengthens previous bans on schools offering gifts or perks to parents in exchange for enrolling their students. But so far, officials dont appear to be enforcing the stricter provision at schools that receive public money.
Indiana lawmakers want to crack down on Tech Trep, a controversial home-schooling program that lets families use public funding to buy school supplies.
Indiana lawmakers want to tighten restrictions on schools offering incentives to attract students, after an unusual virtual program advertised a $1,700 stipend for school supplies, music lessons and Netflix subscriptions.