(1)
Maximum class size in shelter care homes. The following maximum class
size-to-staff ratio will be used in shelter care homes:
|
Average Daily
Membership
|
Full-Time Teacher
|
Educational Aide(s)
|
|
10 or fewer
|
1
|
1 aide
|
|
More than 10 through 20
|
2
|
1 aide with more than 10 but fewer than 15
students
|
|
|
2 aides with 15 through 20 students
|
|
More than 20 through 30
|
3
|
2 aides with more than 20 but fewer than 25
students
|
|
|
3 aides with 25 through 30 students
|
(2)
Maximum class size in detention homes. The class size-to-staff ratio used in
detention homes will be the same as that defined in subrule 63.10(1) unless the
needs of the students in the class require a lesser ratio. If the needs of
students in the class require a lesser ratio, it will be no greater than the
following class size-to-staff ratio:
|
Average Daily
Membership
|
Full-Time Teacher
|
Educational Aide(s)
|
|
Fewer than 10
|
1
|
1 aide with 5 or fewer students
2 aides with more than 5 students
|
|
10 through 20
|
2
|
2 aides with fewer than 15 students
3 aides with 15 through 20 students
|
|
More than 20 through 30
|
3
|
3 aides with fewer than 25 students
4 aides with 25 through 30 students
|
Support for this staffing ratio is to be provided with the
juvenile home budget proposals and with the juvenile home claims.
(3) When a classroom is located in an
off-site facility, a full-time educational aide may be assigned for each
off-site classroom in addition to the number allowed in subrule 63.10(1) or
63.10(2).
(4) The department of
education may waive subrules 63.10(1), 63.10(2), and 63.10(3) if student
characteristics such as the age range of students in the home or the percentage
of students in the home involved in adult criminal proceedings necessitate a
different class size-to-staff ratio. Any variance from the maximum prescribed
class size-to-staff ratio must be approved by the department of education on an
annual basis. Support for the waiver request is to be provided with the
juvenile home budget proposals and with the juvenile home claims.
(5) Average daily membership for determining
class size in subrules 63.10(1) to 63.10(4) for the juvenile home budget
proposals is based on the actual average daily membership from the year
previous to the base year, average daily membership to date in the base year,
and factors known at the time of the budget proposals that would impact the
average daily membership in the budget year.
(6) If the number of teachers and aides as
determined in subrules 63.10(1), 63.10(2), and 63.10(3) was appropriately
estimated for the juvenile home budget proposal and was approved by the
department of education, and the actual number of teachers or aides is
determined to be in excess of maximum class sizes based on the actual average
daily membership of students on the juvenile home claims, the department of
education may waive subrule 63.10(1), 63.10(2), or 63.10(3).
(7) If the educational program at any one
juvenile home is provided in more than one classroom location and using
multiple classroom locations results in a different number of teachers and
aides than would have been allowed if the students were in one classroom, the
department of education may waive subrules 63.10(1) and 63.10(2). Support for
the waiver request is to be provided with the juvenile home budget proposals
annually.
(8) The AEA will develop
policies and procedures to monitor and ensure that the educational program is
provided sufficient instructional staff.
