HB 3127 - DIGEST

     Provides that certificated instructional staffing allocations shall be as follows:  (1) For students in grade four, beginning in the 1998-99 school year, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty students;

     (2) for students in grades five and six, beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty-one students;

     (3) for language arts and math students in grades seven through twelve, beginning in the 2000-01 school year, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for twenty students;

     (4) for students in kindergarten through grade three, for the 2001-02 school year, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time certificated instructional staff for sixteen and eight-tenths students; and

     (5) for students in kindergarten through grade three, beginning in the 2002-03 school year, allocations shall be on the basis of one full-time instructional staff for fifteen students.