I’m all for finical incentives to get kids to do something. I’ve bribed my kids to do stuff, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. What I like about this is that it’s private money that’s being used. The public isn’t picking up the tab:

Local high school students will soon be cashing in for hitting the books.
A new pilot program promises to pay them to stay in school.
More than 20,000 Arizona teens dropped out of the class of 2006.
To fight the problem, 75 students from low income families at Amphi High and 100 from Rincon high were picked for the new program.
The students will get $25 a week as an incentive to stay in school.
A local nonprofit will pay for the project.

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