In response to a message to Dan on ...
SK>Just a minor correction...
SK>California has not placed a limit on the class size in primary grades.
SK>
SK>More accurately: Funds have been made available to those schools who
SK>voluntarily comply with certain class size limits. It is worth noting
SK>that the available funding will not cover, completely, the costs 
SK>created by meeting the class size limit.
SK>
SK>Why has California decided to do this? Well, IMNSHO, and especially since
SK>was initiated by the governor, I think it's a political tactic.
And perhaps it was motivated, as well, by the results on the NAEP 
which have 4th grade reading scores in California second lowest 
among the 50 states.  I believe that declining per-pupil 
expenditures can only be corrected by state funding - due to 
property tax limitations imposed by proposition 13.
Political?  Probably.  Needed?  Absolutely.
SK>Cynically yours,
Correctamundo!  ;-)
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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