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Districts warn class-size and school-fee proposals could reshuffle funding and affect K–8 staffing
Summary
Officials at an Oct. 11 working session cautioned that rolling the class-size line item into the general WPU and proposed school-fee changes (eliminating curricular fees and reclassifying activities that 'count for a grade') could reduce targeted K–8 classroom funding and shift costs or benefits across districts and charters.
Washington County School District leaders told legislators on Oct. 11 they are tracking two related policy proposals that could change how classroom and activity funding is allocated: consolidation of the class-size reduction line item into the broad WPU and a draft school-fees bill that would eliminate curricular fees.
One participant described a proposal to remove the separate class-size reduction line…
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