(a) The allowable new building area for the purpose of providing special day class and Resource Specialist Program facilities for special education pupils shall be negotiated and approved by the State Allocation Board, with any necessary assistance to be provided by the Special Education Division of the State Department of Education. The square footage allowances shall be computed within the maximum square footage set forth in the following schedule: Special Day Class Grade Load- Square Basic Need Levels ing* Footage Nonsevere Disability --Specific Learning Disability All 12 1080 --Mildly Mentally Retarded All 12 1080 --Severe Disorder of Language All 10 1080 Severe Disability --Deaf and Hard of Hearing All 10 1080 --Visually Impaired All 10 1330 (1080 + 250 storage) --Orthopedically and Other Health Impaired All 12 2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy + 750 therapy per additional classroom) --Autistic All 6 1160 (1080 + 80 toilets) --Severely Emotionally Disturbed All 6 1160 (1080 + 80 toilets) --Severely Mentally Retarded Elem. 12 1750 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills) Secon. 2150 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills + 400 vocational) --Developmentally Disabled All 10 2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy** + 750 therapy per additional CR) --Deaf-Blind/Multi All 5 1400 (1080 + 200 storage + 150 toilets) Square Pupils Feet Resource Specialist Program All Maximum 1-8 240 for those pupils with caseload for 9-28 480 disabling conditions whose RS is 28, 29-37 720 needs have been identified by not all 38-56 960 the Individualized Education served at 57-65 1200 Program (IEP) Team, who re- same time. 66-85 1440 quire special education for 86-94 1680 a portion of the day, and who 95-112 1920 are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the schoolday.*** * Special pupils may usually be grouped without accordance to type, especially in smaller districts or where attendance zones may indicate, to maximize loadings per classroom where there are children with similar educational needs (Sec. 56364 or 56364.2, as applicable). ** Therapy add-ons not to be provided if on same site as orthopedically impaired. *** To a maximum of 4 percent of the unhoused average daily attendance of the district, per new school or addition, to a maximum of 1920 square feet. (b) The allowable new building area shall be computed by dividing the number of eligible pupils by the minimum required loading per classroom for special day classes for the type of pupils to be enrolled. No new or additional facility shall be provided for special day classes unless the number of additional eligible pupils equals one-third or more of the minimum required loading.
