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Class Size Reduction Amendment



Linda Champion
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Finance and Operations
325 West Gaines Street, Room 1214
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400

Phone: (850) 245-0406

Section 1 of Article IX of the State Constitution was amended in November 2002 establishing, by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year, the maximum number of students in core-curricula courses assigned to a teacher in each of the following three grade groupings: (1) Prekindergarten through grade 3, 18 students; (2) grades 4 through 8, 22 students; and (3) grades 9 through 12, 25 students.

The Legislature enacted SB-30A specifically implementing the reduction of the average number of students in each classroom by at least two-students-per-year beginning with the 2003-2004 fiscal year until the maximum number of students per classroom does not exceed the 2010-2011 maximum. If a district's class size does not meet the required maximum, the district must reduce to the constitutional maximum in each of the three grade groupings or the average number of students in each of the three grade groupings by at least two-students-per-year as follows:

  • 2003-2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 at the district level
  • 2006-2007 - 2008-2009 at the school level
    • The 2008 Legislature extended the calculation at the school level for an additional year from 2007-08 to 2008-09.
  • 2009-2010 at the classroom level

This Web Site will continue to be updated with information related to the implementation of the class size reduction requirements.