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Competing for kids: School districts struggle to stop exodus of homeschool students

Increased access to alternative curriculums, dissatisfaction behind explosion in number of South Dakota kids getting alternative education

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Joe Sneve
Oct 07, 2023
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The number of South Dakota children getting their education outside of a traditional school setting is skyrocketing in South Dakota.

But school districts are doing little to stop the outflow of students from their buildings despite the tens of millions in annual revenues the trend is costing them. 

An analysis of Department of Education enrollment data by 

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