Detroit Public Schools Offering Students Cash Prizes for Attendance
“paid students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance and is expanding the incentive program to middle schoolers”
This is wrong. People should not have to be bribed to show up for ‘free’ schools created for their benefit.
FOX News reports:
Detroit schools offer students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance as program expands
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) paid students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance and is expanding the incentive program to middle schoolers after district officials say it successfully reduced chronic absenteeism.
Now in its second year, the Perfect Attendance Pays initiative targets the winter months — from Jan. 5 to March 20 — when attendance historically dips across the district.
“DPSCD is continuing the Perfect Attendance Pays initiative for the 2026–27 school year for high school students and expanding it to include middle school students,” a district spokesperson told Fox News Digital Friday.
“At the middle school level, parents of eligible students with perfect attendance during each five-day cycle will receive a $50 gift card.”
District officials clarified that the financial incentives are not funded by taxpayers or standard state educational aid.
“The incentive is funded through interest generated through district funds awaiting to be used for facility projects. Federal and state revenue is not used to fund the incentive, nor is the incentive offered on fall or spring count days,” the spokesperson added.
Detroit Public Schools has been hit hard by a national chronic absenteeism epidemic, recording a 60.9% chronic absentee rate for the 2024–25 school year.
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Re; District officials clarified that the financial incentives are not funded by taxpayers or standard state educational aid.
“The incentive is funded through interest generated through district funds awaiting to be used for facility projects. Federal and state revenue is not used to fund the incentive, nor is the incentive offered on fall or spring count days,” the spokesperson added.
YOU CAN NOT FIX BEING STUPID!
They claim that the bribe is not sourced from government revenue.
However, the interest is earned on government deposits being held until spent.
Clearly, this is government revenue!
This is the time-honored government Fungible Foxtrot.
:”Revenue from our new state lottery will go to education, not government excess!”
Freeing up the previous funds, which are then reallocated to government excess.
This is BLM part 2. Spend $1000 to get a $10,000 return. This has nothing to do with the benefit to the student. It is all about getting money from the State. Follow the Grift.
Yeah — there go our school tax rates.
On the bright side, perhaps Hollywood will adopt the same model to encourage us to consume THEIR crappy product.
How about spending the money on truant officers?
Nah, that would be spending money responsibly. Can’t have that.
Considering its Detroit I’d rather give out cash prizes for truancy. Limit schools to those who want to attend and learn.
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