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OFFERED
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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13PURPOSE
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SECTION
purpose of this act is to create a process by which the United States may achieve the
of increasing school attendance of students from families below the poverty line in order to
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17break the
behaviors, which will lead to improving educational outcomes, which should help to
18PREAMBLE
19WHEREAS
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truancy and poor school attendance are commonly found in poverty-stricken areas
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school dropouts are two and a half times more likely to be on welfare than high
graduates; and,
23WHEREAS
24incarcerated
adults; and
25WHEREAS
low-income students are four times more likely to be chronically absent from school
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others; and
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the cycle of poverty and all of its factors, once started, is likely to continue unless
outside intervention, and habitual truancy is the first indicator of the eventual dropping
of school; and
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an estimated 1.3 million high school students drop out of school every year; and
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35THEREFORE
and thereby reward themselves, their families and society with the benefits of
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1 - ENACTMENT CLAUSE
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441b. The
primary focus of the OA is to monitor attendance records for students in grades K-12
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belong to families below the poverty line (eligible students). As attendance requirements
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requirements) are met, the OA will deposit money (attendance rewards) into a newly
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Educational Savings Account (ESA). The ESAs will be funded by increase ED spending
students family, are only available by the student when he/she has graduated from high
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OA will work with the ED to make sure that attendance records at schools are accurate
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complete. As attendance rewards are earned, the OA will submit the familys information to
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US Treasury so that it, as the manager for all of the Federal debt, will deposit the appropriate
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Families will receive monthly reports of their eligible childs ESA with the hope that the
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602a. The
reports will also provide families with the opportunity to reconcile their schools
61attendance records
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with the rewards reflected in the account. Any errors can be addressed by
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642b. At
any time the student can redeem the full amount of his/her ESA by submitting a
65redemption form to
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the OA. A redemption form will only be accepted with evidence that the
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70The Requirements:
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The mandatory amount of days a student has to attend school is 90% of the
days per month. If a student attends school for at least 90% of the eligible days there will
no additional reward, however if a student does not attend the full percentage they will not
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any money.
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Rewards: With the first month of school being most critical for determining the
for the rest of the year, if a student attends 90% of the school days in September he/she
receive $300. If a student attends 90% of the school days in the months October through
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2 - ENFORCEMENT
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National Center for School Engagement (NCSE) will be responsible for overseeing and
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this law. The NCSE will be in charge of teaching the administration at schools across
country and get them prepared to help their own school district.
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days each student is present, work with the government and NCSE in putting money into
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3 - CLOSING SECTION
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schools the proper education on this bill, the Attendance Maters Act, will go in
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4. All laws in conflict with this legislation are hereby declared null and void.
96Melissa Block
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