06/08/2021
https://congress.gov...
"If you got a 50 percent dropout rate, 100 children, 50 percent drop out, that is 100, that is going to cost you about $5 million in prison expenses in, at least, many identifiable States."
"Now, most of the programs that we have seen by research have shown that they can save more money than they cost."
"It is hard to imagine any effective dropout program that does not save more money than it costs."
"Those that drop out are much less likely to get a job, make a lot more--businesses don't want to move into areas where there is a high dropout rate."