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Just think of it from an aggregate standpoint. If it costs the state an average of $10,000 to educate a child per year, it would cost the state a total of $130,000 per child for his entire K-12 education. If a child graduates in 11 years, that same child would only cost the taxpayers $110,000. That's a $20,000 saving for the state per child.

And actually what you pointed out may be one incentive why schools want to hold back these kids, because they get to keep the extra $10,000 per year by keeping them in the system for all 13 years, which to me is just unconscionable.