Bill > HB4988

This bill aims to ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teacher's aide. It proposes to amend the existing law to mandate that county boards of education provide sufficient personnel, equipment, and facilities to ensure that each classroom or classrooms with multiple grades (kindergarten through sixth grade) do not exceed specific pupil-to-teacher ratios. The bill also allows county boards to employ full-time or part-time interventionists instead of early childhood assistant teachers, aides, and paraprofessionals. Additionally, it requires that where classrooms become too large, affecting the one-on-one time between teachers and students, the students in that classroom shall be split into two separate classrooms starting in the 2024-2025 school year to maintain the required teacher-to-pupil ratio and ensure adequate aide coverage.