Utah Admin. Code R277-472-4 - Secondary Class Size Calculations
(1) Each school district, or secondary school
as determined by the district, shall calculate an average secondary class size
for each language arts, mathematics and science course that is taught multiple
times during a typical school day by dividing the total number of full-time
teachers assigned to direct teaching situations by the total number of students
enrolled.
(2) A school may not
include a student or teacher in a special class when calculating average
secondary class size, but shall include all other special education students in
the calculation.
(3) A school
district shall calculate the district-wide average class size for:
(a) each grade level;
(b) each elementary program that enrolls
students across grade levels; and
(c) each language arts, mathematics, and
science course.
(4) A
school district shall calculate district-wide average class size by dividing
the total number of FTEs assigned to direct teaching situations by the total
number of fully enrolled students.
(5) A school district shall derive all
calculations required by this rule using October 1 enrollment and employment
data.
(6)
(a) In a school district with only one
elementary or secondary school, or only one class of any subject or grade
level, the school district may calculate the average class size for an entire
school or the entire school district by averaging all the classes in the school
or the school district.
(b) The
school district may then determine that any class size less than the school
district or school average class size is below capacity.
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