Sentences with phrase «to reduce class sizes in grades»

Spending includes $ 6.5 million in aid for districts to reduce class sizes in grades K - 3 in core aca - demic areas.

An even more disastrous scene has unfolded in Florida, where voters in 2002 approved an amendment to the state constitution that gradually reduced class sizes in all grades.

The resulting $ 900 million windfall would net the city the classroom space and labor needed to reduce class size in grades K - 3.

Lawmakers had earmarked that money for districts to use to reduce class sizes in grades 1 through 3.

In his State of the Union Address, President Clinton announced a plan to reduce class size in grades 1 - 3.

Current law requires school districts (also known as local education agencies, or LEAs) to reduce class sizes in grades K - 3 in the upcoming 2017 - 18 school year.

House lawmakers say they are keenly interested in legislative action next month that would either delay implementation of a new law requiring districts to reduce class sizes in grades K - 3 and / or provide additional funds to districts so that complying with the mandate doesn't result in harm to other areas of instruction.