Section A - The Parties agree that the following are important factors in establishing class size:

1. Range of pupil age and achievement levels
2. Pupil enrollment in achievement levels and courses
3. Exceptionality of pupils enrolled in regular program classes
4. Number of available usable pupil stations
5. Appropriateness of the facility to the curriculum and methods of instruction to be used
6. Availability of equipment for adequate teaching demonstration and pupil use
7. Conditions which affect the health, safety and supervision of pupils
8. Other professional and paraprofessional staff and technology
9. Financial resources of the district
10. Law and regulations

Section B - Pupil class size after the 20th pupil day from the beginning of the school year will not exceed the standards set forth by the state in laws and regulations with maximum limits established as follows unless the teacher agrees:

1. Elementary Schools

   Primary	24
   Grade 4	28
   Grade 5	29
   Exceptions	physical education, choral and instrumental music

   
   
2. Middle Schools

   Technical Individual	27
   Grade 6	29 (150 daily load)
   Grades 7/8	31 (150 daily load)
   Physical Education	50
   Typing	40
   Exceptions	choral and instrumental music

   
   
3. High Schools

   Technical	27
   Technical/Gainful	20
   Individual	31 (150 daily load)
   Physical Education	50
   Typing	40
   Exceptions	choral and instrumental music

   
   
4. Exceptional Child Education

   The JCPS District operates Exceptional Child Education classes according to membership for each disability and class plan as outlined in the below chart.

   “Caseload for special classes” means the number of children with disabilities assigned to a teacher of exceptional children for the purpose of providing individualized specially designed instruction and related service in a special class setting.

   “Case load for resource teachers” refers to the maximum number of student records for which a teacher can be assigned.

   “Class size for resource classes” means the number of children with disabilities assigned to a teacher of exceptional children per period, block, or specified length of time set by the individual school.

   	Caseload	Total Age Range	Max. No. Per Period	Age Range Per Period
   Visual Disability
   Special Class	10	6 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	10	6 Years	8	4 Years
   Hearing Impaired
   Special Class	6	4 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	8	6 Years	8	4 Years
   Physical Disability and Other Health Impaired
   Special Class	16	6 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	20	6 Years	10	6 Years
   Speech-Language Disability	65	NA	NA	NA
   Emotional-Behavioral Disability
   Special Class	8	4 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	15	6 Years	8	4 Years
   Mental Disability Mild Level
   Special Class
   Primary-6	15	4 Years	NA	NA
   Secondary 7-12	15	4 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class
   Primary-5	15	6 Years	8	4 Years
   6	15	6 Years	10	4 Years
   Secondary 7-12	20	6 Years	10	4 Years
   Functional Level
   Special Class	10	6 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	10	6 Years	8	6 Years
   Learning Disability
   Special Class
   Primary-6	10	4 Years	NA	NA
   Secondary 7-12	15	4 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class
   Primary-5	15	6 Years	8	4 Years
   6	15	6 Years	10	4 Years
   Secondary 7-12	20	6 Years	10	4 Years
   Multiple Disability
   Special Class	10	6 Years	NA	NA
   Resource Class	10	6 Years	8	6 Years
   Home/Hospital Itinerant	12
   Hospital Instruction	15

5. “Collaboration” means, for purposes of determining class size, a teacher of exceptional children who works with children with disabilities in the regular classroom to provide specially designed instruction and related services. If a teacher of exceptional children provides services through the collaborative model, the maximum caseload shall not exceed twenty (20) children with disabilities for secondary, and fifteen (15) children with disabilities for primary. When using the Collaborative Teaching Model, the special education teacher does not count as additional teacher in the general education classroom for the purpose of increasing the number of students in given class.
6. The teacher pupil ratio for on-site state agency school programs serving state agency children shall average no more than ten (10) students to one (1) teacher without a classroom aide and fifteen (15) students to one (1) teacher with a classroom aide. A classroom that exclusively serves students with the educational disabilities shall comply with teacher pupil ratios for ECE classrooms.
7. Children with disabilities that meet the definition of autism; deaf-blindness; developmental delay for ages six (6), seven (7) and eight (8); and traumatic brain injury shall be served in regular classes, special classes, or resource classes as determined by the ARC.
8. If caseload for special classes or class size for resource classes exceeds the maximum specified in this section for thirty (30) days, a LEA shall submit a waiver request to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Section C - The maximum limits for split grade classes shall be those established for the lowest grade in the class.

Section D -The Parties agree that further reductions in pupil class size are desirable and every reasonable effort will be made to make such reductions.

Section E -Every reasonable effort will be made to keep the number and range of elementary pupil instructional achievement levels to a minimum.

Section F -Optimum consideration shall be given to the number of exceptional child education pupils mainstreamed into regular classes in determining class size and balancing workload.

Section G -The Parties agree that Section B will be automatically reopened for negotiations within twelve (12) days following action to change by law or regulations any class size maximum limits as of the effective date of this Agreement when such changes are different from the limitations specified therein and that such negotiations will be limited to the affected changes within that section.

Section H -If it becomes necessary to exceed maximum class size, the involved teacher will have the following alternatives:

Compensation – Teachers will receive 1/12 (one-twelfth) of 10% of the daily rate for Step 0, Rank III per day above their regular daily compensation for each thirty (30) minutes or major fraction thereof (16 minutes) for each student that exceeds their maximum class size after the 20th pupil day from the start of the school year,

or

Instructional Assistance – Teachers will receive a full time instructional assistant for the period of time following the 20th pupil day that their class size exceeds the maximum. If the class exceeds the maximum by three (3) students or more, the teacher will receive two full time instructional assistants for the period of time following the 20th pupil day that their class size exceeds the maximum.