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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants for local educational agencies in high-poverty school districts&nbsp;to reduce class sizes in the early elementary grades (kindergarten through third grade) by recruiting, training, and hiring qualified teachers.</p> <ul> <ul> </ul></ul>]]></text>
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