BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEWS RELEASE
DATE: November 7, 2012
CONTACTS: Tracy Clark, Public Information Officer, [ tel:754-321-2616 ]754-321-2616
DISTRICT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR FOR CLASS SIZE REDUCTION COMPLIANCE
Estimates Compliance Close to 88% for the 2012/13 School Year
Broward County Public Schools reports that 87.7% of core periods are within the F.S. 1003.03 compliance mandate (Class Size Reduction) based on preliminary data (as of 10/12/12). This preliminary estimate reflects an increase in compliance of just over 35 percent (as compared to the 2011/12 school year when the District reached 52.3% of periods in compliance) and does not include error corrections, appeals of the filing of a District Compliance Plan.
“The District is showing significant improvements regarding our Class Size Reduction compliance,” said Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. “We will continue our efforts to work towards achieving even greater compliance.”
The District also anticipates a penalty of $1.3 million once the Compliance Plan has been filed with the State. Nearly 98% of Broward’s core periods are within 1-2 students of compliance, however, the penalty is actually calculated based on the number of students’ FTE out of compliance per period. Thus, the amount of FTE out of compliance and resulting penalty is not proportionate to the percentage of periods out of compliance.
Class Size Reduction Compliance Comparison – 2011 vs. 2012
2011 2012 Difference
Percentage of Periods in Compliance 52.3 87.7 +35.4
Number of students out of compliance per period 32,025 15,488 (16,537)
FTE Out of Compliance 13,990.41 1745.08 (12,245.33)
Penalty prior to appeals & Compliance plan approval $66,135,653 $5,245,211 ($60,892,442)
Penalty after CSR compliance Plan certified by the Board $8,620,821 $1,310,803 ($7,310,018)
