Bill: Pay Students For Good Grades
By: RNS
Updated: March 13, 2009
When the economic stimulus money starts flowing to Texas, state Representative Joe Deshotel of Beaumont wants some of it to go straight into students' pockets. The "Fort Worth Star-Telegram" reports Deshotel filed a bill this week that would pay high school students at low-performing schools up to $50 for good grades through a pilot program.
Money would come from the estimated $6 billion in stimulus funds that Texas is expected to get for education.
If the pilot program proves effective after a few years, the state can then decide whether to create a permanent program.
Schools rated academically unacceptable would be selected through a lottery to participate in the pilot. The incentives mirror programs created in Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Tucson, and Washington, D.C.
