<p>Amid an epidemic of chronic school absenteeism, Ohio lawmakers have a new idea to solve the problem — pay kids to come to class.</p>
<p>An Ohio <a href="https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/hb348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would pay families $500 a year for each kindergartener or 9th grader who attends school 90% of the time. The bill would also give high school seniors $250 for graduating and up to $750 more if their GPAs are 3.0 or higher.</p>
<p>The bipartisan bill is sponsored by state Representatives Bill Seitz, a Republican, and Dani Isaacsohn, a Democrat, both from the Cincinnati area.</p>
<p>The bill <a href="https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb348/IN/00/hb348_00_IN?format=pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> it would create a two-year pilot program for the idea, which would cost about $1.5 million.</p>
<p>Not every school and student would be able to participate in the pilot stage — the program would be targeted at schools with low attendance.</p>
<p>“So, we’re going to pick sort of the worst of the worst on attendance and see if we can move the needle,” Seitz <a href="https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/01/18/to-combat-chronic-absenteeism-bipartisan-ohio-lawmakers-propose-paying-kids-to-go-to-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the House Primary &amp; Secondary Education Committee earlier this month.</p>
<p>School absenteeism has surged since the pandemic in Ohio as well as across the country.</p>
<p>&#8220;School attendance and absenteeism is probably the number one issue in education today, it is an absolute crisis,&#8221; Isaacsohn <a href="https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/2-wants-to-know/keeping-kids-in-school-should-we-pay-them-for-good-attendance-ohio-house-bill-proposes-500-a-year-for-students-who-have-90-percent-attendance/83-cd1ee401-9da5-4768-8e76-2d75cddd8baa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a principle we all understand well that money is motivating but beyond that, it&#8217;s about the principle that sometimes people need a nudge to get back to positive behavior,&#8221; the Democrat said.</p>
<p>In the Columbus area, <a href="https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/2-wants-to-know/keeping-kids-in-school-should-we-pay-them-for-good-attendance-ohio-house-bill-proposes-500-a-year-for-students-who-have-90-percent-attendance/83-cd1ee401-9da5-4768-8e76-2d75cddd8baa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about half</a> the students miss 10% or more of the school year, about three and a half weeks, although the situation has improved since right after the pandemic.</p>
<p>Across the country, nearly 10% of K-12 students were missing from school on an average day during the 2022-2023 school year, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/briefing/covid-school-absence.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to preliminary state data reported by The New York Times.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, many students are suffering with severe learning loss brought on by remote learning during the pandemic.</p>
<p>“We’ve tried pizza day and we’ve tried playground hours, and we’ve tried all kind of foo-foo stuff,” Seitz said. “Doesn’t seem to work.”</p>
<p>However, several Republicans criticized the bill, saying it encourages an &#8220;entitlement mentality&#8221; and that the state should not pay people to simply follow the law.</p>
<p>“Are we going to get to the point where we’re paying rapists not to rape,” state Representative Josh Williams <a href="https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/01/18/to-combat-chronic-absenteeism-bipartisan-ohio-lawmakers-propose-paying-kids-to-go-to-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> at a committee hearing. “Are we really going to start that trend where we’re going to go in and invest to prevent people from committing crimes?”</p>

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