Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 005 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 28 - Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Rule 005.28.19-007 - Class Size and Teaching Load
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 005.28.19-007
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION RULES GOVERNING CLASS SIZE AND TEACHING LOAD
Effective: January 1, 2020
1.00 REGULATORY AUTHORITY
1.01 The State Board of Education enacted
these rules pursuant to its authority as set forth in Ark. Code Ann. §
6-11-105, §
6-17-812, and §
25-15-201 et
seq.
2.00 DEFINITIONS
2.01 "Elementary
model" is the educational model consistent with instructional grouping and
scheduling used in Grades Kindergarten through Four (K-4), but may include
Grades Five through Six (5-6).
2.02
"Large group instruction" are those courses that accommodate larger numbers of
students. The following courses are considered large group instruction:
2.02.1 Athletics, including when taken for
physical education credit, and Grades 7-12 physical education;
2.02.2 Performing Arts, including, but not
limited to, band, choir, and theater;
2.02.3 Junior Reserve Officer's Training
Corps (JROTC);
2.02.4 Non-academic
activity, including, but not limited to, advisory periods, study hall, and
student activity periods; or
2.02.5
Other courses identified as large group instruction in the Course Code
Management System.
3.00 CLASS SIZE
3.01 Subject to any exceptions in Section
3.02, each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall comply with
the following class sizes:
3.01.1 For
Kindergarten (K), there shall be no more than twenty (20) students per teacher
in any classroom. However, the kindergarten class maximum may be no more than
twenty-two (22) with a one half-time instructional aide being employed for
those classes.
3.01.2 For Grades
One through Three (1-3), the average student/teacher ratio in a school district
shall be no more than twenty-three (23) students per teacher in a classroom.
There shall be no more than twenty-five (25) students per teacher in any
classroom.
3.01.3 For Grade Four
(4), the average student/teacher ratio in a school district shall be no more
than twenty-five (25) students per teacher in a classroom. There shall be no
more than twenty-eight (28) students per teacher in any classroom.
3.01.4 For Grades Five through Six (5-6),
except for those courses that lend themselves to large group instruction, the
average student/teacher ratio in a school district shall be no more than
twenty-five (25) students per teacher in a classroom. There shall be no more
than twenty-eight (28) students per teacher in any classroom.
3.01.5 For Grades Seven through Twelve
(7-12), except for those courses that lend themselves to large group
instruction, individual classes shall not exceed thirty (30)
students.
3.02
Exceptions
3.02.1 Physical Education
Instruction in Grades Kindergarten Through Six (K-6): Physical education
classes will have a maximum student to adult ratio of thirty to one (30:1).
Non-licensed personnel may assist in filling the thirty to one (30:1) student
to adult ratio requirement if they are trained and assigned to assist licensed
personnel in supervising physical education classes.
4.00 TEACHING LOAD
4.01 Except when a teacher
teaches a course that lends itself to large group instruction, the maximum
number of students in Grades Five through Twelve (5-12) a teacher is permitted
to teach without receiving additional compensation shall not exceed one hundred
fifty (150) students per day.
4.02
For purposes of Section 4.01, the teaching load shall be calculated by counting
the number of students in each Five through Twelve (5-12) course and section
except for those teachers teaching students in Grades Five and Six (5-6) who
are teaching all or most subjects in an elementary model.
4.03 Additional compensation shall be
determined in accordance with Ark. Code Ann. §
6-17-812.
4.03.1 School districts shall adopt a policy
to implement Section 4.03.
4.04 This Section does not apply to a public
school that operates primarily as a virtual school.
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