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Montana Digital Academy reports enrollment growth, clearinghouse expansion and low-risk audit finding
Summary
Montana Digital Academy (MTDA) told the committee it served 30,000+ enrollments/engagements in 2022–23, reported double-digit growth in core programs, expanded dual-credit offerings and formalized a clearinghouse created by the 2023 Legislature. MTDA said a legislative audit found the
Jason Neiffer, executive director of the Montana Digital Academy, and Mike Agostinelli, deputy director and curriculum lead, updated the Appropriation Joint Subcommittee on MTDA’s operations, enrollments, the clearinghouse and a recent external audit.
Neiffer said MTDA reported “30,000-plus enrollments and engagements” in 2022–23 across distance-learning courses, proficiency tools and clearinghouse services. Mike Agostinelli told the committee that MTDA’s original-credit distance-learning enrollments rose 10% in 2023–24, to about 6,331 enrollments, and that dual-credit enrollments were up about 48% year over year.
Why it matters: MTDA provides supplemental online courses, dual-credit and CTE options, EdReady proficiency tools (supported by private philanthropy) and the Digital Learning Clearing House established in House Bill 749 (2023). MTDA’s services are cited as a resource for smaller and rural districts that cannot offer certain courses locally.
Key operational points
- Program structure: MTDA described three functional areas: (1) a traditional distance-learning catalog with…
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