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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) | |
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Ajello, Caldwell, Shallcross Smith, and Dawson | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "EDUCATION" is hereby amended by |
2 | adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 112 |
4 | THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT. |
5 | 16-112-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Kindergarten Through Grade Two |
7 | (2) Maximum Class Size Act." |
8 | 16-112-2. Class size maximums. |
9 | (a) Each year, on or before October 1, the maximum number of students assigned to each |
10 | teacher who is teaching core-curricula courses in public school classrooms for kindergarten through |
11 | grade two (2) shall not exceed twenty (20) students except due to an emergency or as a result of a |
12 | temporary condition not to exceed three (3) days, or as provided in subsection (b) of this section. |
13 | (b) After October 1 of each year, the maximum number of students regularly assigned to |
14 | each teacher who is teaching core-curricula courses in public school classrooms for kindergarten |
15 | through grade two (2) shall only exceed twenty (20) students if a student is first enrolled in a school |
16 | after October 1 and the school administrator determines that it would be impractical, educationally |
17 | unsound, or disruptive to student learning to not assign the student to an existing class of maximum |
18 | size. |
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1 | 16-112-3. Courses for compliance. |
2 | The department of education shall identify and publish a directory of core-curricula courses |
3 | for the purpose of satisfying the maximum class size requirement of this chapter. |
4 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO (2) | |
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE ACT | |
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1 | This act would mandate that public-school classroom size be limited to twenty (20) |
2 | students for kindergarten through grade two (2) on or before October 1 of each school year. |
3 | Exceptions would be made for emergencies, for temporary situations not to exceed three (3) days |
4 | and for mid-year enrollments when it would be impractical to assign the student to any class except |
5 | for an existing class of maximum size. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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