Great idea. Deprive them of any extra money they get based on attendance numbers.
In Texas, children pulled out of school for the day will cost districts about $35 per child, as state funding for schools is based on daily attendance. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6599457.html
Yeah NO Agit Prop towards children in Columbus, MO
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/sep/02/school-district-wont-share-obama-speech/
Boooo and Shenanigans to those equating this “historic event(Obama’s words) to other Presidential speeches. They are doing so without reference to the “lesson plan” provided by the Department of Education and also they are ignoring the context, timing and the fact that its coming off one of the worst defeats and poll numbers for a modern president.