CLASS SIZE REQUIREMENT CHANGES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2016 Extra Session 4
House Bill 13 (Public) Filed Wednesday, December 14, 2016
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MAXIMUM AVERAGE CLASS SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL CLASS SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.
Intro. by L. Johnson, Horn, Elmore, Blackwell.

Status: Special Message Sent To Senate (House Action) (Dec 16 2016)

Bill History:

H 13

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Dec 14 2016 - View Summary

    Amends GS 115C-301(c) to prohibit the average class size for kindergarten through third grade from exceeding the funded allotment ratio of teachers to students in kindergarten through third grade by no more than three students (was, must not exceed the funded allotment ratio). Prohibits the size of an individual class in kindergarten through third grade, at the end of the second school month and for the remainder of the school year, from exceeding the allotment ratio by more than six (was, three) students. 

    Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.