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NJ District Proposes Charging For Kids' Detention

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Two Nutley High School board members are sponsoring a plan that would target students who are habitually sent to detention, making them pay up if they continue in their mischievous ways.
Source: CBS

UpdatedIt's the first of its kind in a New Jersey school district – a plan that would cost parents money for their children's punishment. It's a proposal that has some parents in the Nutley School District up-in-arms, a plan that would make them pay the price for their kids' detention. Two board members are sponsoring the plan that would target students who are habitually sent to detention. Steven Rogers, who is also a police lieutenant, said the proposal would save the district $10,000 a year and force parents to be responsible for their kids. Some parents are furious with the idea.

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