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Parental Involvement in Child Education

By Tiffanie Boggs

Dropout Statistics
7,00 a day ~3 million year

Fiscal impact
2010 dropouts life time cost $337 Billion Class of 2006 could have saved $17 billion in Medicaid and uninsured over lifetime Each new graduate a net benefit to taxpayers $127,000 over life time Public would benefit $90 Billion year, in reducing dropouts by 700,000 ~ $1 trillion in 11 yrs. Reduce 3 million a year by 700,000

Things we can do
Hold parents accountable Requiring attendance or age 18 Only 21 states have this as a requirement, parents are fined and sometimes jailed. More states adopt these rules National Coalition for Accountable Parenting Link passing grades, graduation and conduct to child tax credits, hold parents responsible Bills in Florida School administration grade parents involvement Indiana to requiring parental participation hours per semester

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