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Kurt Clay, assistant superintendent in the Delta County school district, was alarmed last year to learn that 138 students had left his western Colorado district for public online schools. With them went $1.6 million in state education dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just funding that goes somewhere else,\u201d Clay said. \u201cIt\u2019s not staying here local.\u201c<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just about the money though. Clay and other district leaders believed they could offer something better: The flexible online classes students wanted with the added benefit of keeping them connected to district staff, school clubs, and special events like prom. That\u2019s how the district\u2019s online program \u2014 Empower Online \u2014 came to be last fall.<\/p>\n

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Delta County is among the dozens of Colorado districts that have recently started their own online programs or plan to soon, competing for students at a time when enrollment is declining statewide. Such school districts, which are contending with budget cuts and even school closures, are particularly wary of multi-district online schools, which they say draw students and state funding to districts hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n

Colorado has 44 multi-district online schools serving more than 30,000 students statewide. About half the schools get 90% or more of their students from outside their authorizing district, according to data from the Colorado Department of Education. Just a few entities authorize many of the schools.<\/p>\n

More multi-district online schools could be on the way. While the State Board of Education unanimously rejected one in March, it will consider\u00a0three more proposals\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

This group helps districts with online programs<\/h3>\n

Over the past year, a state-supported nonprofit called Colorado Digital Learning Solutions has helped many districts launch or plan new online programs. The group is not an online school. Rather, it provides asynchronous online classes taught by Colorado-licensed teachers to school districts and charter schools. Some of its teachers still teach in-person classes, and others are retired from Colorado classrooms.<\/p>\n

The Weld RE-5J district in northern Colorado has used Colorado Digital Learning Solutions courses for years in its online program. Emma, a junior in the district, is taking algebra, English, and world history online through the group, plus four in-person classes at her high school in Johnstown.<\/p>\n

Emma, who hopes to graduate a semester early, said she found all in-person classes a struggle because she has ADHD.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just have a really hard time focusing in class and being my whole present self,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose hybrid because it still gives me a social aspect, but it also gives me that flexible aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado Digital Learning Solutions was selected to provide online classes to Colorado schools after the passage of a\u00a02016 state law\u00a0that required increased investment in supplemental online courses. The law sought to ensure digital equity by providing assistance to school districts and charter schools that didn\u2019t have the capacity to build their own online offerings.<\/p>\n

Colorado Digital Learning Solutions receives about 20% of its budget from the state. Generally, school districts pay the group $250 per student per semester-long class.<\/p>\n

About half of Colorado\u2019s 180 school districts use the nonprofit to offer online classes \u2014 sometimes a full menu and sometimes a single course. For example, the small Lamar district on the Eastern Plains contracts with the group to provide a Latin class, taught by a Boulder teacher, to one student.<\/p>\n

As more school districts seek to win students back from multi-district online schools \u2014 or prevent students from leaving in the first place \u2014 things have become contentious at times. Some multi-district online schools are pushing back against Colorado Digital Learning Solutions.<\/p>\n

In a February letter on behalf of some multi-district online schools,\u00a0attorney Brad Miller accused the group of causing \u201creputational harm\u201d to the schools. He said the group\u2019s promotional materials highlight the online schools\u2019 low graduation rates without noting that their students tend to be highly mobile and behind academically.<\/p>\n

Dan Morris, co-executive director of Colorado Digital Learning Solutions, said his group was reporting publicly available data.<\/p>\n

Miller, who\u2019s been involved in several high-profile lawsuits on behalf of conservative-leaning school districts, did not respond to requests for comment or to clarify which online schools he represents.<\/p>\n

The online program pitch<\/h3>\n

Seventeen Colorado districts, most of them small and rural, started online programs in 2025. Colorado Digital Learning Solutions is working with 25-30 additional districts that want to start online programs next school year, Morris said.<\/p>\n

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Unlike multi-district online schools, online programs must have fewer than 100 full-time online students and no more than 10 from outside the district.<\/p>\n

Colorado has three main online education categories<\/h3>\n

Single-district online programs<\/strong><\/p>\n

58 programs in 39 districts and the Charter School Institute<\/p>\n

These programs have fewer than 100 fully online students. They cannot enroll more than 10 out-of-district students. They are not considered standalone schools.<\/p>\n

Single-district online school<\/strong>s<\/p>\n

19 schools in 16 districts<\/p>\n

These programs have 100 or more online students. They cannot enroll more than 10 out-of-district students.<\/p>\n

Multi-district online schools<\/strong><\/p>\n

44 schools authorized by 23 school districts, 2 BOCES, and the Charter School Institute.<\/p>\n

These are online schools serving students from two or more school districts. The Colorado State Board of Education must approve these schools before they launch.<\/p>\n

A key part of Morris\u2019 pitch to districts is data. It\u2019s in the presentation he\u2019s given at state conferences: \u201cStop the Enrollment Drain: Build a Local Online Program that keeps students in-district.\u201d He also shares detailed\u00a0spreadsheets his team has compiled\u00a0showing how many students school districts are losing to multi-district online schools.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what convinced officials in the Durango district in southwestern Colorado to start an online program next year. They learned they\u2019d lost more than 400 students \u2014 and about $5 million in state funding \u2014 to multi-district online schools.<\/p>\n

Robert Aspen, Durango High School\u2019s intervention coordinator, said they\u2019ll start with up to 50 students, with plans to grow long term. The goal is to attract students who enrolled in multi-district online schools back to their home school.<\/p>\n

While there are 44 multi-district onlines in Colorado, state data shows that most students are leaving their local districts for a few big names, authorized by just a few entities and often run by for-profit companies located out of state.<\/p>\n

Byers Superintendent Tom Turrell, whose district authorizes eight multi-district online charter schools, said it\u2019s no surprise that more districts are starting online options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t view district on-line programs as competition,\u201d he said by email. \u201cLike Byers, other districts are innovating to better serve students and that\u2019s great, that\u2019s their job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online learning is popular, not all options created equal<\/h3>\n

Educators say families seek online options for many reasons, including because students suffer from anxiety, have medical challenges, have experienced bullying, or have jobs or household responsibilities that conflict with a traditional school schedule. Competitive athletes also like the flexibility of online courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a rodeo girl,\u201d said Delaine Hudson, a former principal who runs the new online program in Delta County. \u201cShe spends her morning doing school work and then she\u2019s either practicing or \u2026 she\u2019s somewhere in the state doing rodeo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forty students, mostly high schoolers, are enrolled in Delta County\u2019s online program this semester, taking courses through Colorado Digital Learning Solutions with other students around the state. They take core classes, like English and science, and less common offerings like \u201cHistory of the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson likes that there\u2019s a real teacher available to message when students hit roadblocks. She checks in with students weekly, too, by phone, email, or text.<\/p>\n

Most students are thrilled with the online program so far, she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s rigorous. I don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re just pushing them through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics of some multi-district online schools\u00a0question their quality. At 20 of the schools, so few students take state tests that state officials can\u2019t calculate ratings, leaving the public in the dark about how they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

In addition, some of the biggest multi-district online schools routinely post low graduation rates. For example, the 2,600-student Astravo Academy Online High School, which is authorized by the Byers district, has a four-year graduation rate of 44%. At District 49\u2019s GOAL High School, it\u2019s 49%. The state average is about 86%, according to state data.<\/p>\n

Supporters say the some multi-district online schools are helping at-risk students who\u2019ve faced educational and personal challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve taken on all of the kids who needed second and third and fourth and fifth chances in GOAL from the entire state,\u201d said District 49 school board member Marie LaVere-Wright at a board meeting last June.<\/p>\n

While GOAL is\u00a0classified by the state\u00a0as an \u201calternative education campus\u201d \u2014 schools designed to serve high-risk students \u2014 more than 90 other Colorado schools, including many bricks and mortar schools, have the same designation.<\/p>\n

District 49 officials declined to comment for this story.<\/p>\n

Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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