2009 Senate Bill 452: Give cash for “A’s” to Detroit school students

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Introduced by Sen. Hansen Clarke (D) on April 22, 2009, to create a pilot program in one Detroit high school that would require report cards every five weeks, and pay students $50 for each A on a report card, $35 for each B, and $20 for each C. An “F” on a report card would forfeit any A, B or C money for the period, unless the student makes up the failed work. Every five weeks half the money gained by a student would be paid, and the balance would be paid if and when he or she graduates. The maximum a student could gain in a single year would be $2,000.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on April 22, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 452 (Give cash for “A’s” to Detroit school students ) by albaby2 on April 29, 2009

Detroiters will cast their vote for anyone who promises them something for nothing, such as paying them for doing what they should be doing all along if they were interested in their own future. I expect to see legislation paying kids for just showing up or for not doing something, such as assaulting someone, fathering or bearing children while in school ( Hey, I just may have hit on something), pizzing clean for a week, not getting arrested for felonies.

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2) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 452 (Give cash for “A’s” to Detroit school students ) by MichL1 on April 29, 2009

Cash for As? To be paid by the taxpayers? Now I have truly heard it all! I don't even pay my own children for good grades. Why on earth should I be taxed to pay someone else's? Parents, teachers and the community in general should be demanding good grades from their students. I certainly do in my house. There shouldn't even be the option of not doing your best. This idiotic legislation needs to fail.

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3) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 452 (Give cash for “A’s” to Detroit school students ) by amasaman on April 29, 2009

Cash for A's in the most simplistic courses would be a farce. A person can learn more by getting a B or C grade taking Calculus instead of some dolt taking basic math and getting an A. And why should I pay incentives for a school in Detroit, when I live in the UP, where schools are getting the shaft because of Lansing not sending enough money our way!

If anything, start a scholarship fund and match community donations to be given to all students who graduate, irregardless of grades or future intentions, to use as they wish. If the community is involved, they will push the students to adhere to a set of rules set forth by the school board. This eliminates a free handout, no questions asked.......I thought this was the way most public schools were run, or does Detroit do things differently?

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