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Draft sets class-size minimums and directs State Board rulemaking and compliance review
Summary
The conference draft includes class-size minimums (grade 1 = 10; grades 2–5 = 12; grades 6–8 = 15; grades 9–12 required content areas = 18), excludes kindergarten, creates waiver and enforcement procedures, and directs the State Board of Education to update education quality standards and graduation requirements.
Conference counsel summarized class-size provisions and State Board duties in the H.454 draft on June 13. The bill would set minimum class sizes, create a waiver process, and require the State Board of Education to update rules and take action if schools fail to comply over multiple years.
Under the draft’s class-size minimums, kindergarten would be excluded; first grade minimum…
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