That reminds me of an article I read here on FR about a month ago. Indian tutoring services make a lot of money - online or phone based tutoring for school kids. So, New York has banned such tutoring services. Their stated reason is that they "can't run background checks on the tutors" - um, ok, background checks on someone thousands of miles away who is never near the kid? Huh? But further in the article it talked about how teachers often make big bucks tutoring on the side. Guess they don't want the competition.
Ah, I'd missed that bit of news. What a surprise ...