Bill Summary for S 703 (2017-2018)

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Jan 10 2018

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 703 (Public) Filed Wednesday, January 10, 2018
AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017 REGARDING CLASS SIZE IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.
Intro. by Chaudhuri, Van Duyn, Smith.

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Includes several whereas clauses concerning class size requirements for kindergarten through third grade. Amends Section 7.15A of SL 2017-57 (Appropriations Act of 2017), which amends GS 115C-301(c), to prohibit the average class size for kindergarten through third grade from exceeding the funded allotment ratio of teacher to students, as previously provided, by more than three students (currently, does not allow for exceeding the funded allotment ratio by three students). 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 students (currently, by more than three students). The act does not change the current provision making Section 7.15A apply beginning with the 2018-19 school year.