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Merchant program will aid school finances
- 04-02-2010
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Sacramento Bee
Organizers of a new K-12 school-funding program in Sacramento say it will enable local merchants to help area schools through everyday transactions. The program, Learning Point Rewards, recently was registered with the state attorney general's office. For now, it is being set up for Sacramento-area school districts, although the plan is to ultimately implement it statewide. Under the program, schools receive a percentage of expenditures made at local businesses by students, their families and others. Schools are provided free membership cards that can be scanned by participating merchants whenever a transaction is made. (more...)
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