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same basis as for the other grades, but I do believe that the localities should have the option of whether or not to offer kindergarten because of the expense and particularly the greater expense in rural counties.
The present law provides that kindergartens are optional with the parents of the children but each county must provide the facilities. In the rural counties there are a number of difficulties including separate transportation unless the kindergarten children are to be kept in school for the entire regular school day.
IN my opinion it is questionable whether a long school day including long bus rides in many rural communities would be beneficial to the children and the expense for these rural localities could be out of proportion to the benefits received by the number of children whose parents choose to send them to kindergarten.
Another educational standard imposed by the state law enacted in 1976 is the requirement for a maximum class size in the first, second, and third grades and kindergarten. The law provides for a maximum class size in these grades only of 28 students in the 1977-78 school year and going down to 24 in 1981-82.
I believe that there should be some flexibility in this requirement and I am in favor of a change to provide that the class
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