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This particular grant program provides funding to State Education Agency, and/or the local school districts. These funds are used for research-based and coordinated school dropout prevention programs for students in grades 6–12. [2] This research-based approach is a major component of No Child Left Behind. [3]
They state that it is the only dropout prevention program in the nation with scientific evidence to prove that it can increase graduation rates. They also state that their model results in a higher percentage of students reaching proficiency in fourth- and eighth- grade reading and mathematics, when implemented with high fidelity.
The consequences of dropping out of school can have long-term economic and social repercussions. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, receiving welfare and incarcerated. [5] A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young murder victims were high school dropouts. [6]
In 2010 the dropout rates of 16- to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential were 5.1% for white students, 8.0% for black students, 15.1% for Hispanic students, and 4.2% for Asian students.
She added that the campus has expanded support for lower and middle-income students in recent years, including full coverage for tuition for students with family incomes up to $150,000.
Graduation for these youth serves as a traumatic change in status and identity from student to "illegal alien" and "illegal worker". This "state of shock" causes depressed motivation and financial anxiety causing youth to drop out of high school. 40 percent of undocumented adults ages 18–24 do not complete high school.
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