HOUSE AMENDMENT

    288-171XA                            Bill No. HB 367, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Rayson offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

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

18  "Florida Maximum Class Size Goals Act."

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

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

21  students to learn and classroom teachers to teach.  It is,

22  therefore, the intent of the Legislature to establish class

23  size standards which will promote educational success.

24         (3)(a)  It is the goal of the Legislature and each

25  school district that the size of each kindergarten through

26  grade 3 class in critically low-performing schools, as

27  identified by the Commissioner of Education, shall not exceed

28  15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.

29         (b)  It is the goal of the Legislature and each school

30  district that the size of each kindergarten through grade 3

31  class in schools not identified as critically low-performing

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    288-171XA                            Bill No. HB 367, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  schools shall not exceed 24 students per full-time equivalent

 2  teacher.

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

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

 5  the General Appropriations Act. The first priority for funding

 6  shall be a reduction in class size at critically

 7  low-performing schools to accomplish the goal stated in

 8  paragraph (3)(a).

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

10  thereafter, the Department of Education shall report to the

11  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of

12  Representatives school district expenditures and class size

13  reductions as a result of 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 reductions in class size as a result

17  of implementation of this act. The results of the study shall

18  be reported to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of

19  the House of Representatives by December 1, 2002.

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

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, lines 6 & 7,

26  remove from the title of the bill:  providing for review of

27  statutory mandates;

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