From Deseret News archives:
Class size reduction plan moves to House
HB194 would set aside $26 million to create the K-3 Class Size Reduction Incentive Program, which would require schools that participate to reduce class sizes to a specific number. If they fail to do that they are required to give the money back.
"This proposal is brilliant it's targeted and once we reach this goal we can see a new goal," said Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay,. "It's just a wonderful plan and I am eager to see it go forward. This is the only way we are ever going to see any improvement."
Bill sponsor Rep. Karen Morgan, D-Cottonwood Heights, said in the last decade there has been funding in the education budget earmarked for class size reduction, though class sizes for the most part have not shrunk, which is why some lawmakers questioned whether the bill would make any difference.
She said an audit found that the money had been used to hire new teachers, as was the purpose, but it had gone to fund growth.
"It was a maintenance of effort," Morgan said. "This funds that with accountability measures in return if they don't lower it to where it should be then they will have to return the money."
"With the number of kids in state it's a real struggle to get class sizes down but we can't give up," Morgan said.
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