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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Nearly 9,000 schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees.

Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude.

It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children.

“This is a new path for me to get on with my life,” she said.

But Martin didn’t take any classes or pass any tests to receive her degree. She got it in July from a school where students can get a high school diploma for $465.

Unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools, nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don’t need state approval to grant degrees. Nearly every one of those unapproved schools was created to serve a single homeschooling family, but some have buildings, classrooms, teachers and dozens of students.

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[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

“We’re not here to make money,” she said.

Yet a list of prices is taped to the front window of the school building: $250 for diploma services, a $50 application fee, $35 for a diploma cover and $130 to walk in a cap and gown at a ceremony.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Rejoice, for the world is a jest and you a jester, yet you suffer still.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I have become comedy.

[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago
[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Hey, given that they keep upping the requirements for my degree every time I'm about to graduate, this is actually a tempting offer, skip the classes just get the diploma. I mean fuck it sounds like it's cheaper than College anyway

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Something sounds off, typically they lock you in a "catalogue year," so that degree requirement changes are not retroactive, but only affect incoming students.

[-] autumn_rain@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

You won't be able to go to college, and many employers won't accept the degree from a diploma mill either.

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