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| Autor/in | McNeil, Michele |
|---|---|
| Titel | Leaner Class Sizes Add Fiscal Stress to Florida Districts |
| Quelle | In: Education Week, 27 (2008) 24, S.1 (2 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0277-4232 |
| Schlagwörter | Teacher Salaries; Taxes; Educational Finance; School Districts; Grade 4; Grade 3; Class Size; Expenditures; Teacher Student Ratio; State Legislation; Budgets; Florida |
| Abstract | With a total price tag pushing $10 billion, Florida's "class-size-reduction mandate"--the nation's toughest--is under fire, as school districts call on lawmakers to weaken the 2002 constitutional requirement before it is fully phased in later this year. Starting with the 2008-09 school year, individual districts must meet new size caps in each classroom, robbing school officials of the wiggle room they enjoyed during the phase-in period, when school systems were allowed to use districtwide and then schoolwide averages in calculating class sizes. The new requirements mean that districts must reduce pupil-teacher ratios in every classroom to 18-to-1 in prekindergarten though 3rd grade, 22-to-1 in grades 4-8, and 25-to-1 in high school, or face financial penalties from the state department of education. Officials warn that the mandate will mean hiring more teachers and building more classrooms at a time when the state is facing an ongoing $2 billion budget deficit and new pressures from a recently approved constitutional amendment cutting property taxes. Exceeding class-size caps is a costly proposition for Florida's districts. Failure to meet the amendment would force school districts to face the penalty: having to transfer operating funds used to pay for expenses such as teacher salaries into their capital budgets to add more classrooms. (ERIC). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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