Key Points
Unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools, nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana dont need state approval to grant degrees..
While unapproved schools account for a small percentage of the states students, those in Louisianas off-the-grid school system are a rapidly growing example of the nations continuing fallout from COVID-19: families disengaging from traditional education...
Over 21,000 students are enrolled in the states unapproved schools, nearly double the number from before the pandemic, according to data obtained through a public records request by the AP and The Advocate, a partner news outlet in Louisiana...
Their parents are in charge of them, not the state, Sibley Morrison said.. Sibley Morrison says she is not selling diplomas, but rather lifetime services for homeschooling families...
Louisianas unapproved private schools came into being in 1980 when Christian ministers who ran small private schools joined forces with the budding homeschool movement to push for the deregulation of private education...
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