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More kids are repeating a grade. Is it good for them?

Braylon Price, 13, heads home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. The teenager was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. He repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, looks inside his backpack before heading home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. The teenager was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. He repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, writes a note before heading home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. The teenager was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. He repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, on his way home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. Braylon was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. Braylon repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, on his way home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 in Bellefonte, Pa. Braylon was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. Braylon repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, walks home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. The teenager was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. He repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

Braylon Price, 13, pauses on his way home from Bellefonte Middle School Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Bellefonte, Pa. The teenager was among more than 45,000 Pennsylvania students whose parents elected to take advantage of a new state pandemic-era law option of holding their child back a year in school. He repeated the sixth grade. (AP Photo/Gary M. Baranec)

More kids are repeating a grade. Is it good for them?