Section R7-6-710. Academic Classroom Space

A.      The ASDB shall have school facilities with cumulative class- room square footage of 150 square feet for each of its students in programs for preschool children with disabilities and kin- dergarten programs.

B.       The ASDB shall have school facilities with cumulative class- room square footage of 100 square feet for each of its students in grades kindergarten through six.

C.      The ASDB shall have school facilities with cumulative class- room square footage of 100 square feet for each of its students in grades seven and eight.

D.      The ASDB shall have school facilities with cumulative class- room square footage of 100 square feet for each of its students in grades 9 through 12.

E.       For purposes of measuring cumulative classroom square foot- age for programs for preschool children with disabilities, kin- dergarten programs and grades one through six, classroom spaces are those occupied throughout the school day by the same students, or usable for general classroom purposes.

F.       For purposes of measuring cumulative classroom square foot- age for grades seven and eight, classroom spaces are 90 per- cent of the square footage of those rooms usable for general and specialty classroom purposes.

G.      For purposes of measuring cumulative classroom square foot- age for grades 9 through 12, classroom spaces are 85 percent of the square footage of those rooms usable for general and specialty classroom purposes.

H.      Classroom space is measured from interior wall to interior wall.

I.        The amount of classroom space per student specified in this Article accounts for required teaching space.

J.        The square footage of a general classroom is not counted as specialty classroom square footage.

K.      The square footage of a specialty classroom is not counted as general classroom square footage.

Historical Note

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 8 A.A.R.

287, effective June 7, 2001 (Supp. 01-4).