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State funding changes shrink transition-to-kindergarten slots; district plans seven classrooms
Summary
District finance staff told the board that a state reduction in transition-to-kindergarten funding cut the local cap from 127 to 101 FTE, effectively reducing about two classrooms; the district plans to operate seven transition classrooms next year and will await potential reallocation of slots by the state.
Patty, the district finance lead, told the Long View School Board that legislative changes reduced the district’s transition-to-kindergarten funding cap from 127 student-FTE to 101 student-FTE, a shift the district analyzed as roughly equivalent to losing nearly two classrooms of capacity.
To preserve program access, the district said it will operate seven transition-to-kindergarten classrooms next year at the…
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