Proposed: Parents to Clean Schools

To cut costs, the government of New South Wales in Australia is evaluating a scheme to force parents to clean the public schools. Having no familiarity with the school systems down under, it's not clear by what authority this scheme could come about. The laws must have provisions for school administrators to martial the general citizenry into indentured servitude.

I'm fairly confident that the proposal wouldn't be well received in the U.S. However, if a proposal were introduced whereby a homeowner was exempted from paying property taxes in return for spending a couple hours a week emptying trash cans and sweeping floors, there might be some deals made.