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Education-Minded Business Group Backs Class-Size Amendment | Sunshine State News

Education-Minded Business Group Backs Class-Size Amendment | Sunshine State News

Education-Minded Business Group Backs Class-Size Amendment

Amendment 8 faces tough test to pass
BY: GRAY ROHRER | POSTED: OCTOBER 15, 2010 4:05 AM
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Education-supporting business groups are backing the class-size amendment that would soften caps on the number of children in each classroom.

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, an organization of business-backed groups that support education with offices in all 67 counties, announced Thursday that a survey of its members revealed 84 percent of them support Amendment 8.

“We do think that’s pretty significant,” Mary Chance, executive director of CFEF, said of the results.

The survey, conducted in August by Dewey & Associates, a St. Petersburg consulting firm, also focused