Class size reduction.

Existing law establishes the Class Size Reduction Program under which a participating school district or county office of education establishes a program to reduce class size in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, to 20 or fewer pupils. Existing law, provides that, if a school district receives funding pursuant to those provisions but has not implemented its class size reduction program for all grades and classes for which it received funding, then an amount equal to the amount received by the school district shall pursuant to those provisions be deducted by the Controller from the next principal apportionment to the district. Existing law, for the 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2013–14 fiscal years, provides for an adjustment to the amount of the deduction pursuant to a certain schedule based on the annual average enrollment for each class. This bill, for the 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 fiscal years, would provide for an adjustment to the deduction pursuant to a certain schedule based on the annual average enrollment for each class.