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State Board Backs Class-Size Limits, Rejects Amendment to Shift Burden to District Administration
Summary
The State Board adopted a resolution calling for statutory class-size caps (K–3: no more than 20 students; grades 4–8: no more than 23; grades 9–12: no more than 25) and urged prioritizing FY 2026 funding to help high-poverty schools hire teachers; an amendment to direct districts to reduce administrative costs failed in committee vote.
The Michigan State Board of Education adopted a resolution urging the legislature and the department to prioritize funding so high-poverty schools can lower class sizes, and it recommended specific caps for core classes by 2030–31.
Doctor Robinson read the resolution into the record, citing research showing smaller class sizes lead to better outcomes and noting that large classes are disproportionately concentrated in higher-poverty and urban districts. The resolution calls on the legislature to provide the funding necessary for schools to reach the proposed caps: no…
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