From the Rapid City Journal:
South Dakota’s circumstances are a little different, but consider what’s happening in the school district in Scotts Valley, Calif.
The school district there is now invoicing parents $36 per day when they take their kids out of school for reasons other than illness.
Why? Because the state funding formula pays school districts based on average daily attendance. If students miss school, the state doesn’t pay as much.
To me, this seems like the cable company sending me an extra bill because I didn't watch enough TV.
Kids need to spend as much time as possible being educated (if education is actually going on in the school), but this isn't the way to go about it. Maybe these professional bureaucrats have forgotten who pays them: the taxpayer. The state doesn't pay for school, the taxpayers do.
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