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EXPLANATION: Delete language that a school district and special schools may suspend professional staffing ratios and expenditure regulations and guidelines and instead require schools to report their student teacher ratio to the department.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-EIA, page 307, paragraph 1A.14, lines 7-10, by striking:/All school districts and special schools of this State may suspend professional staffing ratios and expenditure regulations and guidelines at the sub-function and service area level, except for four-year old programs and programs serving students with disabilities who have Individualized Education Programs./ and inserting /All school districts must report the student teacher ratio for every classroom to the Department of Education at the ninety and one hundred and eighty day mark. The department shall report this information to the General Assembly./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.