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The result would be an even wider economic gap as a group of kids get no educational push either from parernt or the government. Ultimately that will lead to more crime and more welfare that would incur greater social costs than a voluntary voucher system.

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Seems to me that the kids that this would happen to are already the ones who would probably turn to crime.

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But there will be more of them. Truancy will increase because there are still some number of parents who respect the law enough to wake the kids up and push them onto the shcool bus. Without that motivation more kids will be left to their own initiative. There will be some compouding effect as well. One or two neighbor kids who decide they "dont need no education" will attract a few others who decide to play hoops or go surfing and so on.

Quality of education still comes down to parenting, and unfortunately there are vast numbers of parents who dont want to be or dont have the time to be bothered.