HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                         Bill No. HB 367, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Mackenzie offered the following:

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13         Substitute Amendment for Amendment (892899) 

14  remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

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18         Section 1.  (1)  This section may be cited as the

19  "Florida Maximum Class Size Goals Act."

20         (2)  The Legislature finds that class size, especially

21  in the primary grades, is a major factor in the ability of

22  students to learn and classroom teachers to teach, and that

23  small student-to-teacher ratios are particularly crucial in

24  low-performing schools.   It is, therefore, the intent of the

25  Legislature to establish class size standards which will

26  promote educational success.

27         (3)  Beginning with school year 1998-1999, it shall be

28  the goal of the Legislature and each school district that each

29  elementary school in the school district beginning with

30  kindergarten through grade three class sizes not exceed 20

31  students, with a ratio of one full-time equivalent teacher per

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                         Bill No. HB 367, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  20 students. Priority for the use of any funds designated for

 2  meeting these goals shall be for kindergarten through grade

 3  one.  Second priority for the use of any funds designated for

 4  meeting these goals shall be for grades two and three.

 5         (4)  Each school district shall implement the goals set

 6  forth in this section to the extent funds are provided through

 7  the General Appropriations Act.

 8         (5)  Beginning January 1, 1999, and each year

 9  thereafter, the Department of Education shall report to the

10  President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker

11  and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives school

12  district expenditures and class size reductions as a result of

13  the provisions of this act.

14         (6)  The Department of Education shall provide for a

15  longitudinal study of the benefits to students and the impact

16  on student achievement of small class size based on reductions

17  in class size for the 1998-1999 school year, as a result of an

18  appropriation for such purpose, and for the 1999-2000,

19  2000-2001, and 2001-2002 school years, as a result of

20  implementation of this act.  The results of the study shall be

21  reported to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

22  House of Representative by December 1, 2002.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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