{"id":1111334,"date":"2021-12-12T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111334"},"modified":"2021-12-12T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:14:20","slug":"maryland-spent-93-million-educating-kids-who-werent-in-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-spent-93-million-educating-kids-who-werent-in-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Spent $93 Million Educating Kids Who Weren\u2019t In School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-spent-93-million-educating-kids-who-werent-in-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1111334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Maryland has spent nearly $93 million to educate children who had not been attending classes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/project-baltimore\/maryland-comptroller-school-funding-change-project-baltimore\">Project Baltimore<\/a> \u2014 the investigative journalism arm of FOX45 Baltimore \u2014 discovered that thousands of students had been marked \u201cwhereabouts unknown\u201d by their schools. The outlet identified several \u201cghost students\u201d whose name appeared on rosters even after they had stopped pursuing public education \u2014 which \u201ccan boost the amount of money a school receives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, there were 6,126 such students. In the same year, Maryland schools received an average of $15,148 per student \u2014 meaning that up to $92,796,648 in education dollars could not be found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that we\u2019re funding students whose whereabouts are unknown and not a small number, thousands, and it adds up to tens of millions of dollars, that\u2019s something that needs to be looked at,\u201d commented Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who is running for governor as a Democrat. He suggested tying funds to attendance, which would prompt schools to keep students in class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing now is just tragic, because we\u2019re committing the state in a direction where we know the kids that are graduating don\u2019t have the skill, the knowledge, or the self-confidence to independently take advantage of the free enterprise system,\u201d Franchot added. <\/p>\n<p>In July, another Project Baltimore investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/following-covid-4-in-10-baltimore-public-high-students-earned-below-a-1-0-gpa\">showed<\/a> that four in ten Baltimore public high school students earned a 1.0 GPA during the last school year:<\/p>\n<p>Project Baltimore obtained a chart assembled by Baltimore City Schools. The chart shows the average GPA for every high school grade in the city \u2014 freshman through senior. In the first three quarters of this past school year, according to the chart, 41% of all Baltimore City high school students, earned below a 1.0 grade point average. In other words, nearly half of the 20,500 public high school students in Baltimore earned less than a D average.<\/p>\n<p>On the other end of the chart, 21 percent of city high school students earned a GPA of 3.0 or better; a B average. That\u2019s about half as many who earned below a D. We can also see the district lost 706 high school students during the first three quarters of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In response to COVID-19, public school districts across the United States introduced various forms of virtual learning. In many school systems \u2014 particularly urban districts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-times-teachers-unions-moved-the-goalposts-on-returning-to-in-person-instruction\">controlled<\/a> by teachers\u2019 unions \u2014 the impact of online instruction has been devastating. In this context, many parents across the United States are calling for policies that facilitate a wider range of educational options for their children.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, state lawmakers in South Carolina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/south-carolina-lawmakers-introduce-1000-homeschool-tax-credit-bill\">introduced<\/a> a piece of legislation that would offer tax credits as high as $1,000 to parents who homeschool their children. Defining \u201chome school\u201d as \u201ca home, residence, or location where a parent or legal guardian teaches one or more children,\u201d the bill reads:<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with the 2022-2023 School Year, a parent or legal guardian who teaches one or more qualifying students at home \u2026 may claim a credit against his taxable income equal to the total cost of any home school association and curriculum fees or one thousand dollars, whichever is less, for each qualifying child attending a home school. The credit allowed by this subsection may be claimed fully for the tax year in which the fees were paid provided the qualifying student completes the school term for that school year.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is sponsored by 21 Republicans; it currently has no Democratic support.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland has spent nearly $93 million to educate children who had not been attending classes.Project Baltimore \u2014 the investigative journalism arm of FOX45 Baltimore \u2014 discovered that thousands of students had been marked \u201cwhereabouts unknown\u201d by their schools. The outlet identified several \u201cghost students\u201d whose name appeared on rosters even after they had stopped pursuing public education \u2014 which \u201ccan boost the amount of money a school receives.\u201dIn 2019, there were 6,126 such students. In the same year, Maryland schools received an average of $15,148 per student \u2014 meaning that up to $92,796,648 in education dollars could not be found.\u201cThe fact that we\u2019re funding students whose whereabouts are unknown and not a small number, thousands, and it adds up to tens of millions of dollars, that\u2019s something that needs to be looked at,\u201d commented Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who is running for governor as a Democrat. He suggested tying funds to attendance, which would prompt schools to keep students in class.\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing now is just tragic, because we\u2019re committing the state in a direction where we know the kids that are graduating don\u2019t have the skill, the knowledge, or the self-confidence to independently take advantage of the free enterprise system,\u201d Franchot added. In July, another Project Baltimore investigation showed that four in ten Baltimore public high school students earned a 1.0 GPA during the last school year:Project Baltimore obtained a chart assembled by Baltimore City Schools. The chart shows the average GPA for every high school grade in the city \u2014 freshman through senior. In the first three quarters of this past school year, according to the chart, 41% of all Baltimore City high school students, earned below a 1.0 grade point average. In other words, nearly half of the 20,500 public high school students in Baltimore earned less than a D average.On the other end of the chart, 21 percent of city high school students earned a GPA of 3.0 or better; a B average. That\u2019s about half as many who earned below a D. We can also see the district lost 706 high school students during the first three quarters of the year.In response to COVID-19, public school districts across the United States introduced various forms of virtual learning. In many school systems \u2014 particularly urban districts controlled by teachers\u2019 unions \u2014 the impact of online instruction has been devastating. In this context, many parents across the United States are calling for policies that facilitate a wider range of educational options for their children.For instance, state lawmakers in South Carolina introduced a piece of legislation that would offer tax credits as high as $1,000 to parents who homeschool their children. Defining \u201chome school\u201d as \u201ca home, residence, or location where a parent or legal guardian teaches one or more children,\u201d the bill reads:Beginning with the 2022-2023 School Year, a parent or legal guardian who teaches one or more qualifying students at home \u2026 may claim a credit against his taxable income equal to the total cost of any home school association and curriculum fees or one thousand dollars, whichever is less, for each qualifying child attending a home school. The credit allowed by this subsection may be claimed fully for the tax year in which the fees were paid provided the qualifying student completes the school term for that school year.The bill is sponsored by 21 Republicans; it currently has no Democratic support.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}