"A commonsense proposal to ask voters to adjust the class size amendment in November is taking hold in Tallahassee. Unless changes are made, the class size requirements will hit with full force when a new school year begins in August. Calculating strict class size limits room by room instead of by the current schoolwide average is not worth the extraordinary $3.2 billion cost, and the tax money can be put to better use.
The plan put forward by Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who voted for the original class size amendment, and Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, would still require classes to stay within three students of the maximum allowed between kindergarten and third grade and within five students between fourth and 12th grades. But it would provide badly needed flexibility to an amendment that never should have been approved in the first place."
The plan put forward by Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who voted for the original class size amendment, and Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, would still require classes to stay within three students of the maximum allowed between kindergarten and third grade and within five students between fourth and 12th grades. But it would provide badly needed flexibility to an amendment that never should have been approved in the first place."