[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 190

 To express the sense of the Senate regarding reductions in class size.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 1998

 Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
                               Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sense of the Senate regarding reductions in class size.

Whereas long-range projections by the Bureau of the Census indicate a rising 
        number of births, rising to 4,200,000 in 2010 and 4,600,000 in 2020;
Whereas in the coming years the population of school-aged children is expected 
        to increase to a record 52,200,000;
Whereas academic achievement for all students is one of our Nation's highest 
        priorities;
Whereas increased enrollments have resulted in a further increase of the average 
        class size;
Whereas research has shown that children in small classes in the earliest grades 
        achieve better academically than the peers of such children in larger 
        classes;
Whereas research has shown substantial lasting benefits for children who were in 
        small classes during the earliest grades;
Whereas smaller classes allow students to receive more individual attention from 
        their teachers, and reduce teachers' burden of managing large numbers of 
        students and the other work of the teachers; and
Whereas several States have been forward thinking in trying to address this 
        classroom size problem: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) experiments in reducing class size have had an effect 
        on academic achievement in the earliest grades; and
            (2) the Senate should seek to assist States in the efforts 
        of States to reduce class size and access the benefits of such 
        a reduction.
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