compensation for SAHP's, according to
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the census bureau, and salary.com.
i found this in the local paper today, and granted, its in the dear abbey section, i found the information she gave was very interesting and pertained to a lot of questions in another thread.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=79d4660d-963e-4ccf-adbd-9435d20c1a8b
"According to the Census Bureau figures for 2004 — which are the most recent — there are 36.7 million mothers of minor children in the United States. About one-third of them, 10.8 million, are stay-at-home moms.
According to an article penned by Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, in its May 11, 2006, edition, “Salary.com compensation experts estimate that stay-at-home moms work an average of 91.6 hours a week.” That's more than double the number of hours the average office worker puts in. He went on to say, “That should be worth $134,121 annually.”
He quoted the compensation analysts as figuring the lowest-paying parts of a mother's job are “housekeeper, laundry machine operator and janitor. Higher-paying categories include computer operator, facilities manager, psychologist and CEO.” With a 91.6-hour work week, 52 weeks a year, it works out to be $28.16 an hour."

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The fee is because there is no such thing as free public preschool for all. So the fee falls in the same category as all things that take place on school grounds with school employees but parents must pay for. Other examples are before and after care at the school. Also summer activities that the school runs. I am answering for suzymom because we both live in areas that do this.
This is probably geographically dependent. Obviously not all school systems do this or you would have seen it. But perhaps your school system runs things that cost tuition and happen on school grounds and with school employees? The most common nationwide example (but not necessarily literally every school) is summer activities.
The "free" part of public schools applies only to those things that the government has decided it will pay for for all children regardless. This does not include preschool unless the child has special needs. Nor does it include after-school care or summer activities. But the school system provides them for a fee.
Take a closer look at your public school system. I'll bet that there is something offered that is outside the domain of guarenteed free public education that people are paying the schol system for. Aftercare? Summer activities?
Jennie
Actually, aftercare is offered on-campus, but by the YMCA, and is paid for by the Y. It is not publical. Also, our local public schools don't have a summer program, typically. Our neighborhood scools don't have anything in the summer. Only one campus in the district offers summer calsses, and those are for academic referrals only.
In Texas, we aren't very cutting edge when it comes to public education.
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