It said it would protect real - terms schools funding and cut class sizes for five, six and seven - year olds by hiking corporation tax from 19 % to 26 %. (bbc.co.uk)
In an average secondary school, the aim is to cut class sizes down to 16. (news.bbc.co.uk)
House Bill 13 was approved after a roughly two - month standoff over legislative Republicans» demand that North Carolina schools cut class sizes in K - 3. (pulse.ncpolicywatch.org)