Education board members oppose setting a single ratio for all school support staff
Source: .timesdispatch. Posted By: Jacky S...5335 days ago
Virginia Board of Education members said yesterday that they back creating ratios for the number of state-funded school support staffers to instructional employees.
But they do not like the idea of a single ratio for all support employees, a broad category that ranges from nurses to bus drivers to assistant superintendents.
This year, state lawmakers agreed with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's plan for a funding cap in 2010 of one support position per 4.03 instructional positions funded through the....