ROY COOPER CALLS ON GOP LEADERS TO FUND CLASS SIZE MANDATE: Gov. Roy Cooper is urging Republican legislators to act next week to help school districts deal with smaller state-mandated K-3 class sizes, but a key lawmaker says a deal is not imminent. School leaders across North Carolina are warning about a wide range of negative consequences for teachers and students if they’re still required to sharply reduce K-3 class sizes starting in July. During a visit Friday at Cotswold Elementary School in Charlotte, Cooper said GOP lawmakers need to provide funding for smaller classes or phase in the changes when they return to Raleigh on Wednesday for a special session. “I believe smaller class size can be a good thing, but you have to pay for it,” said Cooper, a Democrat. “This is an artificial class size change – one that shrinks classes on paper but in reality hurts students and teachers.”
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