Arizona Administrative Code
Title 7 - EDUCATION
Chapter 6 - School Facilities Oversight Board
Article 2 - MINIMUM SCHOOL FACILITY GUIDELINES
Section R7-6-210 - Classroom Square Footage
Universal Citation: AZ Admin Code R 7-6-210
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. A school district shall have school facilities with the following minimum cumulative classroom square footage:
1. For preschool
children with disabilities through grade three: 32 square feet per
student;
2. For grades four through
six: 28 square feet per student;
3.
For grades seven and eight: 26 square feet per student; and
4. For grades nine through 12: 25 square feet
per student.
B. Classroom square footage of a school facility is measured from interior wall to interior wall of a classroom and is the space required for teaching. Both general and specialty classrooms are included in the classroom square footage of a school facility.
C. Cumulative classroom square footage is measured as follows:
1. 100
percent of the classroom square footage usable for general classroom purposes
and occupied throughout a day by the same students in programs for preschool
children with disabilities, kindergarten, and grades one through six;
2. 90 percent of the classroom square footage
usable for general and specialty classroom purposes in programs for students in
grades seven and eight; and
3. 85
percent of the classroom square footage usable for general and specialty
classroom purposes in programs for students in grades nine through
12.
D. Classroom square footage includes space allocated for any of the following purposes:
1. Garment storage,
2. Supply storage,
3. Work counter; and
4. Teacher or student collaboration.
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