Study: Dropouts cost state billions
September 15, 2010 Filed in:
Budget &
Finance
Fermin Leal, The Orange County Register
A new study says that
California's high school dropouts cost state taxpayers more than $1
billion in Medicaid payments and another $1 billion in lost tax
revenue. The study, "California's High School Dropouts: Examining
the Fiscal Consequence," comes from Foundation for Educational
Choice, a national group that promotes open school choice and
school vouchers…