Extra: Should Students Get Paid To Go To School?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 2 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Chronic absenteeism in school has been a growing problem in the U.S. for years. The COVID-19 pandemic only made it worse. Several cities have even attempted programs that incentivize kids to show up to class. Ohio State Representative Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati) is co-sponsoring a bill that addresses truancy in his state by paying parents and students for exceptional attendance. Isaachohn joined the Rundown’s Lisa Brady to explain why he feels that the incentives could help solve Ohio’s education crisis. The lawmaker discussed attendance programs attempted by other cities and how their results helped them form their proposal. He also addressed the idea’s critics, who say it rewards parents and kids for simply doing what they’re supposed to do. We made edits for time and thought you might like to hear more about this program to help truancy. On today’s FOX News Rundown Extra, you’ll hear even more from Ohio State Representative Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinatti) and his controversial idea to help his state’s education system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.2	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:35.0	I'm Lisa Brady.
0:39.0	One problem that predates COVID
0:41.0	has gotten a lot worse since the pandemic. Many students
0:45.2	missing a lot of school so much chronic absenteeism that Ohio might start
0:50.4	paying kids to show up more. A proposed bill in the state legislature,
0:54.5	still in the committee stage for now, would create a pilot program involving
0:58.7	some kindergartners and ninth graders. They would get $25 cash transfers bi-weekly and the student is in class for 9
1:06.2	out of 10 school days during that period. Bigger rewards are possible at the end of each quarter,
1:11.3	the end of the year, and for graduating.
1:13.6	Payments would be made to the parents of the younger children and jointly to the high schoolers
1:17.7	and their parents.
1:18.7	Republican State Representative Josh Williams says that's paying parents to do what they're legally
1:23.4	obligated to do. But supporters of the bill say this is an emergency. We spoke with a
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