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  • Writer's pictureJoanne Jacobs

Students show up when parents get cash for perfect attendance



Nearly 200 low-income families living in Birmingham (Alabama) public housing qualified for a drawing worth $300 in rent and utility payments at the end of the school year. All had children with perfect attendance in city schools.


When "Every Day Counts" started in January, only three families qualified for the drawing, reports Austin Pratt for ABC 3340 News.

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