CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A union that is trying to represent Clovis Unified teachers is claiming the district is breaking the law.

They say the school district is receiving money from the state to lower class sizes for several grade levels, but not actually reducing the number of students in the classroom.

The Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) says Clovis Unified is continuing to put more students in kindergarten through third-grade classrooms even though the district is being paid by the state not to.

"I don't think there is a parent or a teacher who wants class sizes to be big," said Kristin Heimerdinger with ACE.

Under California’s Grade Span Adjustment, school districts across the state receive money to keep class sizes on average to 24 students for every teacher.

While th

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