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Senate approves caps on K–3 class sizes after heated debate
Summary
After hours of debate over funding, enforcement and rural impacts, the Utah Senate passed Senate Bill 31 to phase in caps on kindergarten through third-grade class sizes and tie existing class-size funding to compliance.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 3 passed Senate Bill 31, a measure that would cap class sizes in kindergarten through third grade and link existing class-size funding to districts’ compliance with the new standards.
Senator Morgan, the bill’s floor sponsor, told colleagues the measure “puts a cap on class sizes in kindergarten through grade 3,” explaining it would limit kindergarten classes to 20 students, first and second grades to 22, and third grade to 24, phased in over four years and allowing schools to meet caps by hiring paraprofessionals.
Supporters argued the bill imposes accountability on more than $100 million the state…
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