Bill Text: IA HF608 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a class-size goal for school districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 695. [HF608 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF608-Introduced.html

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House File 608 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  JACOBY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of a class=size goal for
  2    school districts.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.11, Code 2015, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    279.11  Number of schools == attendance == terms.
  1  4    The board of directors shall determine the number of schools
  1  5 to be taught, divide the corporation into such wards or other
  1  6 divisions for school purposes as may be proper, determine the
  1  7 particular school which each child shall attend, determine
  1  8 class sizes and pupil=teacher ratios, and designate the period
  1  9 each school shall be held beyond the time required by law.  The
  1 10 school board shall set a maximum class size goal for grades
  1 11 four through twelve of not more than twenty=two students for
  1 12 every one teacher.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    The bill provides that the board of directors of a school
  1 17 district shall determine class sizes and pupil=teacher ratios,
  1 18 but shall set a maximum class size goal for grades 4 through 12
  1 19 of not more than 22 students for every 1 teacher.
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