Word: truants
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Learnfare is Thompson's flagship incentive program. Designed to keep poor kids in the classroom and off the streets, it has proved extremely controversial. In the 1988-89 school year, Wisconsin sanctioned some 6,600 truant teens, saving the state an estimated $3.3 million in AFDC benefits. Says Thompson: "The state of Wisconsin is watching them and saying, 'If your mother and father don't require you to go to school, the state is going to be there to make sure...