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  Education Code - EDC
 Title 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
 Division 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
 Part 10. SCHOOL BONDS
 Chapter 12. State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976
 ARTICLE 3. Allowances

  Section 17047.  

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  • (a) The allowable new building area for the purpose of providing special day class and Resource Specialist Program facilities for special education pupils shall be negotiated and approved by the State Allocation Board, with any necessary assistance to be provided by the Special Education Division of the State Department of Education. The square footage allowances shall be computed within the maximum square footage set forth in the following schedule:

    Special Day Class
    Basic Need

    Grade
    Levels

    Load­ing*

    Square
    Footage

    Nonsevere Disability

    —Specific Learning
    Disability

    All

    12

    1080

    —Mildly Mentally
    Retarded

    All

    12

    1080

    —Severe Disorder
    of Language

    All

    10

    1080

    Severe Disability

    —Deaf and Hard of
    Hearing

    All

    10

    1080

    —Visually Impaired

    All

    10

    1330 (1080 + 250 storage)

    —Orthopedically and
    Other Health Im-

    paired

    All

    12

    2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy + 750 therapy per additional classroom)

    —Autistic

    All

    6

    1160 (1080 + 80 toilets)

    —Severely Emotion-
    ally Disturbed

    All

    6

    1160 (1080 + 80 toilets)

    —Severely Mentally

    Retarded

    Elem.

    12

    1750 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills)

    Secon.

    2150 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills + 400 vocational)

    —Developmentally

    Disabled

    All

    10

    2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy** + 750 therapy per additional CR)

    —Deaf-Blind/Multi

    All

    5

    1400 (1080 + 200 storage + 150 toilets)

    Pupils

    Square
    Feet

    Resource Specialist Program for those pupils with disabling conditions whose needs have been identified by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team, who require special education for a portion of the day, and who are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the schoolday.***

    All Maximum caseload for RS is 28, not all served at same time.

    1–8

    240

    9–28

    480

    29–37

    720

    38–56

    960

    57–65

    1200

    66–85

    1440

    86–94

    1680

    95–112

    1920

    *?Special pupils may usually be grouped without accordance to type, especially in smaller districts or where attendance zones may indicate, to maximize loadings per classroom where there are children with similar educational needs (Sec. 56364 or 56364.2, as applicable).

    **?Therapy add-ons not to be provided if on same site as orthopedically impaired.

    ***?To a maximum of 4 percent of the unhoused average daily attendance of the district, per new school or addition, to a maximum of 1920 square feet.

(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 691, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)