Ga. School Districts to Decide Class Size Again

ATLANTA – The state Board of Education is letting school districts decide how large classes should be again next school year.

The state school board voted Thursday to give the Georgia’s 180 school districts flexibility on how to spend their limited funding amid the worst state financial crisis in decades. State lawmakers passed a measure last year giving the state authority to let school districts make the call rather than imposing limits, a practice already under way at the Georgia Department of Education since 2009.

Each district must get approval from its local board before raising class sizes.