(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 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 ClassBasic Need

GradeLevels

Load­ing*

SquareFootage

Nonsevere Disability

—Specific LearningDisability

All

12

1080

—Mildly IntellectuallyDisabled

All

12

1080

—Severe Disorderof Language

All

10

1080

Severe Disability

—Deaf and Hard ofHearing

All

10

1080

—Visually Impaired

All

10

1330 (1080 + 250 storage)

—Orthopedically andOther 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 Intellectually Disabled

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

SquareFeet

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.

(b) The allowable new building area shall be computed by dividing the number of eligible pupils by the minimum required loading per classroom for special day classes for the type of pupils to be enrolled. No new or additional facility shall be provided for special day classes unless the number of additional eligible pupils equals one-third or more of the minimum required loading.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 327, Sec. 2. (AB 1599) Effective January 1, 2015.)