Special Education Class Size Sample Clauses

Special Education Class Size. A reasonable effort will be made to set Cclass sizes for Basic mild to moderate classes at will be no more than 20 students to 1 teacher. • Special Day classrooms will be no more than 18 students. • Resource specialist classrooms will be no more than 18 students.

Special Education Class Size. When a student’s IEP calls for services in a general education classroom, the student must be served in a class that is composed of students of whom at least 70 percent are without IEPs (excluding Speech and Language IEP’s), that utilizes the general curriculum, that is taught by an instructor certified for regular (general) education, and that is not designated as a general remedial classroom. A student shall be considered to require “instructional” classes when he or she receives special education instruction for 50 percent of the school day or more. Classes for such students shall be subject to the following limitations: 1) Early childhood instructional classes shall have a maximum ratio of one qualified teacher to five students in attendance at any given time; total enrollment shall be limited according to the needs of the students for individualized programming. 2) Instructional classes for students who have either a severe/profound disability or multiple disabilities shall have a maximum enrollment of five students. 3) Instructional classes for children whose primary disability is a severe visual, auditory, physical, speech or language impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, or an emotional disability or behavioral disorder shall have a maximum enrollment of eight students. 4) Instructional classes for children whose primary disability is a specific learning disability or that serve children who have different disabilities shall have a maximum enrollment of ten students. Instructional programs that group students who have different disabilities shall be formulated only under the following circumstances: A) The students are grouped in relation to a common educational need; or B) The program can be completely individualized and the teacher is qualified to plan and provide an appropriate educational program for each student in the group. 5) Instructional classes designed for children whose primary disability is moderate visual or auditory impairment shall have a maximum enrollment of 12 students. 6) Instructional classes for children whose primary disability is mild/moderate cognitive disability shall have a maximum enrollment of 12 students at the primary level and 15 students at the intermediate, middle school, and secondary levels. 7) A school district may increase the enrollment in an instructional class by a maximum of two students in response to unique circumstances that occur during the school year. Such additions may be made only when the ed...

Special Education Class Size. 8 The following class sizes are recommended guidelines to be considered, if 9 feasible, when making the unique student placement determinations 10 required for students placed in the following settings: 11 12 a. Basic Special Education Classes Staffed by 1.0 special education 13 teacher plus 5.5 hour aide: 15 b. Elementary - 25 students or 40 units* 16 17 c. Secondary - 35 students or 50 units* 18 19 d. Moderately handicapped - 10 students or 40 units* 20 21 e. Behaviorally Disadvantaged - 8 different students or 40 units* 22 23 f. School Psychologists – 135 students 24 25 g. Preschool – 25 students 26 27 h. Therapists – 50 students. 28 29 *A unit is one class period, if no such ―period‖ is designated for a 30 particular program, then it shall mean one 60 minute period. 31 32 5. Specialists: 34 a. Elementary specialists (physical education and music) basic class 35 load shall be 30 students per class period. Workload shall not exceed 36 ten (10) classes per workday. Each specialist shall mutually establish 37 with the building principals, their daily work schedule. 38

Special Education Class Size. Category of Class Size Limits Class Size Limits Class Size Limits with Classroom with Teacher Only with Teacher and Paraprofessional Teacher and Two Paraprofessionals Students 20% or less in Special Education 15 NA NA Students with more than 21% but less than 60% in Special Education 10 15 NA Students with 61%ormore in Special Education 8 13 NA Students served in LI/Ml (moderate) program 5 8 13 Students served in LI/Ml (severe), LI/AU, SCED Programs NA 5 10 SC Early ChildhoodPrograms ▇▇ ▇-▇ ▇-▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇ ▇▇

Special Education Class Size. Special Education Teachers shall be assigned enrollments in accordance with provisions of the State Education Code.

Special Education Class Size. ‌‌ Special Education Teachers shall be assigned enrollments in accordance with provisions of the State Education Code.‌ Special education teacher caseloads:‌ 1. Mild to Moderate caseloads of up to 28 students.‌ 2. Moderate to Severe caseloads shall not exceed a District wide average of 15 students with no class to exceed 18 students.‌ 3. The START Transitional 18-22 program is not subject to caseload limits other than as allowable by law.‌

Special Education Class Size. 49 50 The following class sizes are recommended guidelines to be considered, if feasible, 51 when making the unique student placement determinations required for students placed 52 in the following settings: 1 a. Basic Special Education Classes Staffed by 1.0 special education teacher plus

Special Education Class Size. Class size for elementary, middle, and high school resource rooms shall be a maximum of 12 students. Hearing impaired class size shall be a maximum of 10 students.

Special Education Class Size. 1 b. Resource Room-Elementary