Indiana Administrative Code
Title 511 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Article 1 - ADMINISTRATION; INFORMATION COLLECTION PROCESSING; SCHOOL FINANCE; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 8 - PRIME TIME Program
Section 8-7 - Approval of use of instructional aides in computation for funding

Universal Citation: 511 IN Admin Code 8-7

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 20-43-9-11

Affected: IC 20-26-11-13

Sec. 7.

(a) The state board of education shall approve the counting of classroom instructional aides as teachers for purposes of computation for funding under 511 IAC 1-8-4 [511 IAC 1-8-4 expired under IC 4-22-2.5, effective January 1, 2008.] and 511 IAC 1-8-4.5 [511 IAC 1-8-4.5 expired under IC 4-22-2.5, effective January 1, 2008.] or the negotiation of transfer tuition agreements between school corporations under IC 20-26-11-13(h), if the school corporation can substantiate each year that providing adequate classroom space for the attainment of an average pupil/teacher ratio of eighteen to one (18:1) in kindergarten and first grade and twenty to one (20:1) in second and third grade creates an unreasonable hardship for that school corporation. On or before August 1 the school corporation shall submit to the state board of education a plan concerning that school corporation's instructional aides program.

(b) The use of aides shall not be approved unless the school corporation has, insofar as practical, reduced its average pupil/teacher ratio through the use of teachers.

(c) The number of aides that shall be approved for purposes of funding under 511 IAC 1-8 is equal to the lesser of:

(1) the number needed to attain the number of full time teacher equivalents computed under 511 IAC 1-8-4(a)(1) [511 IAC 1-8-4 expired under IC 4-22-2.5, effective January 1, 2008.] and 511 IAC 1-8-4.5(a)(1) [511 IAC 1-8-4.5 expired under IC 4-22-2.5, effective January 1, 2008.]; or

(2) the number of kindergarten, first, second and third grade classes in the school corporation.

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