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2000 SESSION

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HB 304 Pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes in kindergarten through grade 4.

Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes in kindergarten through grade four. Lowers the pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes set forth in the Standards of Quality as follows: (i) in kindergarten, from a pupil-teacher ratio of 24:1 with no class being larger than 29 students (with full-time teacher's aide in classes whose average daily membership (ADM) exceeds 24) to 20:1 with no class being larger than 25 students (full-time teacher's aide required for classes whose ADM exceeds 25 students); (ii) in grades one, two, and three from 24:1 to 20:1, with maximum class size reduced from 30 to 25; and (iii) in grade four, from 25:1 to 23:1, with a maximum class size of 36 reduced to 28.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 005155612  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 005155612
• 01/12/00  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/20/00  House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
• 01/28/00  House: Passed by indefinitely in Education (13-Y 8-N)