REPORT TITLE:
Education


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes maximum class sizes for the elementary grades.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§302A-     Class size.  Starting from the 1999-2000 school
 
 5 year, classes in grades kindergarten to two shall be no larger
 
 6 than twenty students for each full-time equivalent teacher
 
 7 position.  Starting from the 2000-2001 school year, classes in
 
 8 grade three shall be no larger than twenty students for each
 
 9 full-time equivalent teacher position.  Starting from the 2001-
 
10 2002 school year, classes in grades four to six shall be no
 
11 larger than twenty-six students for each full-time equivalent
 
12 teacher position."
 
13      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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16                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________