Panel reviews Act 73 education-policy changes, including class‑size minimums and new governance duties

Legislative staff briefed committee members on the education‑policy portions of Act 73, focusing on Sections 1–33 and multiple implementation deadlines. Speaker 4, who presented the slides, said the act’s findings (Section 1) establish legislative intent and that the Commission on the Future of Public Education was charged to report back on four specific items (Section 2). Section 3 creates a school‑district redistricting task force and Section 4 creates a working group to recommend constitutionally proportional voting wards and a recommendation about school‑board size (no delivery date specified).

Speaker 4 said Section 6 amends the education‑quality‑standards statute to establish class‑size minimums, limit K–8 multi‑age classrooms to two grade levels, and list exemptions for pre‑K, CTE, AP, specialized equipment…