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District schools must calculate the class size of every classroom and count every violation. Charter schools are allowed to use a school-wide average, which school officials say is more forgiving.
In the 2010-2011 school year, 28 of 71 Florida schools districts 鈥� 39 percent 鈥� were penalized for not meeting class size limits, . In 2011-2012, 22 of 71 Florida districts 鈥� 31 percent 鈥� did not meet class size limits.
By contrast, did not meet class size limits in the 2010-2011 school year 鈥� 1.3 percent. In the 2011-2012 school year did not meet the limits 鈥� 2.9 percent.
Schools which do not abide by the limits suffer a financial penalty 鈥� losing half their share of a state funding source for every student above the class size limit.
Those penalties can add up: Broward County schools have lost $9.4 million in funding over the past two years for class size violations, according to state data. Palm Beach and Miami-Dade schools were penalized more than $2 million each over the past two years, while Duval County schools lost more than $1 million.
That money is transferred to schools which abide by class size limits.
Hillsborough County school, for instance, have received an additional $2.3 million over the past two years at the expense of Broward schools and others. Orange County schools received $2.1 million while Pinellas and Polk County schools received more than $1 million each.
The Florida Department of Education has more details about how .
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