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HB 1171 Standards of Quality; funding for art, music, health, etc.

Introduced by: James H. Dillard, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Quality; funding. Modifies the Standards of Quality to provide that state funding shall support a total of six full-time equivalent elementary school resource teacher positions for art, physical education and health, and music per 1,000 students in average daily membership in the elementary grades, and to provide, within the minimum staffing requirements set forth in the Standards of Accreditation, (i) one full-time principal in each elementary school; and (ii) assistant principals in elementary schools, one half-time per 550 students, and one full-time at 800 students, and, for assistant principals in middle schools and high schools, one full-time at 400 students.

These amendments reflect several of the recommendations offered by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission study of elementary and secondary school funding, released in fall 2001. The principal and assistant principal staffing requirements are drawn to address current practices throughout school divisions.


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