1st Sub. H.B. 318
         CLASSROOM SIZE REVISIONS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 March 12, 2013 9:45 AM



Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 16 :    

             16      size reduction money;
{   and   }       

    .     requires a school district or charter school to submit information on the use of K-3 Reading Improvement Program money and Title I money to employ teachers; and
      


2.    Page 3, Lines 78 through 80
    House Floor Amendments
    3-7-2013 :
    

             78          (iii) the amount of class size reduction money expended for capital facilities.
 

    (c) In addition to submitting a plan and report on the use of class size reduction money, a school district or charter school shall annually submit a report to the State Board of Education that includes the following information:
    (i) the number of teachers employed using K-3 Reading Improvement Program money received pursuant to Sections 53A-17a-150 and 53A-17a-151;
    (ii) the amount of K-3 Reading Improvement Program money expended for teachers;
    (iii) the number of teachers employed in kindergarten through grade 8 using Title I money; and
    (iv) the amount of Title I money expended for teachers in kindergarten through grade 8; and
    (v) a comparison of actual average class size by grade in grades kindergarten through 8 in the school district or charter school with what the average class size would be without the expenditure of class size reduction, K-3 Reading Improvement Program, and Title I money.  

             79          
{   (c)   }        (d)       The information required to be reported in Subsections (8)(b)(i)(A) through (C)      {   and   }        ,      

             80      (8)(b)(ii)(A) through (C)
  , and (8)(c)       shall be categorized by a teacher's or paraprofessional's teaching



3.    Page 3, Lines 81a through 81c :    

             81a          H.
{   (d)   }        (e)       The State Board of Education may make rules specifying procedures and

             81b      standards for the submission of
  :

    (i)  
a plan and report on the use of class size reduction money as

             81c      required by this section
{   .   }        ; and

    (ii) a report required under Subsection (8)(c).  



4.    Page 3, Lines 82 through 85 :    

             82           [(d)]
{   (e)   }        (f)       .H Based on the data contained in the class size reduction plans and reports

             82a      submitted
             83      by school districts and charter schools, and data on average class size, the State Board of
             84      Education shall annually report to the Education Interim Committee on the impact of class size
             85      reduction
  , K-3 Reading Improvement Program, and Title I       money on class size.


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