The Union School Corporation in the tiny town of Modocpopulation 157fits many stereotypes of quaint rural Indiana, with its corn fields, dirt roads and Angus cattle farm right next door to its school campus.
But its a different type of cowthe cash cow of an online schoolthat makes Union anything but a typical rural school district.
State legislators say they have put Union on the chopping block because of poor performance. But district leaders believe the real reason is so the state can reap the benefits of the Indiana Digital Learning School, a virtual school Union has overseen since 2017growing to 7,500 students and paying the district an estimated $3 million in oversight fees annually.
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