Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part XLIII - Bulletin 1706-Regulations for Implementation of the Children with Exceptionalities Act › Subpart 1 - Students with Disabilities › Chapter 10 - State Program Rules for Special Education › Section XLIII-1001 - Pupil/Teacher, Pupil/Speech/Language Pathologist, and Pupil Appraisal Ratios for Public Education

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In providing
				  services to all identified students with disabilities, the number of students
				  in each instructional setting shall not exceed the following numbers.
1. Self-Contained Classrooms
Self-Contained Classrooms
Preschool
Elementary
Secondary
Autism
4
4
4
Blindness
7
9
9
Deafness
7
9
9
Deaf-blindness
4
4
4
Emotional Disturbance
8
8
Hard of Hearing
11
15
17
Mental Disability
Mild
16
16
Moderate
11
17
Severe
9
9
Profound
9
9
Mild/Moderate (Generic)
16
16
Multiple Disabilities
7
9
9
Noncategorical Preschool
Mild/Moderate Functioning
Full Day
11
Half Day
16
Severe/Profound Functioning
Full Day
7
Half Day
14
Other Health Impairment
17
17
Orthopedic Impairment
7
11
13
Partial Seeing
11
15
17
Speech or Language Impairment
7
9
9
Severe/Profound (Generic)
9
9
Specific Learning Disability
13
13
Traumatic Brain Injury
7
9
9
2.
				  Paraeducator Training Units
a. Preschool-Aged
				  Students: One teacher and two paraeducators shall be appointed for the initial
				  six preschool students. For students functioning within the severe/profound
				  range, there shall be one additional paraeducator for any additional group of
				  three, not to exceed two additional groups of such students. For students
				  functioning within the mild/moderate range, the additional paraeducators shall
				  be added for each additional group of four. The maximum number of students
				  shall not exceed twelve per unit.
b. School-Aged Students: One teacher and two
				  paraeducators shall be appointed for the initial six students with
				  severe/profound or low incidence disabilities. There shall be one additional
				  paraeducator for any additional group of three, not to exceed four additional
				  groups of such students. The maximum number of students shall not exceed
				  eighteen per unit.
3.
a. Resource Rooms (Generic or Categorical)
				  and Itinerant Instruction Programs (per teacher)
i. Students with severe or low incidence
				  impairments/disabilities-10
ii. All
				  other students with disabilities-27
b. Because of the travel requirements of the
				  program, this number may be reduced by the LEA to 10-19 when instruction is
				  provided to "all other students with disabilities" in at least two different
				  schools.
4. Combination
				  Self-contained and Resource Classrooms
a.
				  Students with severe/low incidence impairments/disabilities-12
b. All other students with
				  disabilities-20
5.
				  Hospital/Homebound Instruction (per teacher)
a. Itinerant-10
b. One Site-17
6. Preschool Intervention Settings
				  (Parent/Child Training)
a. Intervention in
				  the Home-15
b. Intervention in a
				  School or Center-19
7.
				  Reserved.
8. Adapted Physical
				  Education Instruction (per teacher)-60
a. In
				  caseloads exceeding thirty-five students, the total number of students
				  identified as having a severe motor deficit shall not exceed
				  seventeen.
b. Itinerant Instruction
				  (Two or more schools)-40
9. Instruction in Regular Classes. This ratio
				  refers to the caseload of special education teachers who provide instruction to
				  students with disabilities in general education settings.
a. Students with severe or low incidence
				  impairments/disabilities-9
b. All
				  other students with disabilities-16
10. Self-contained or Resource
				  Departmentalized Settings
Self-Contained or Resource Departmentalized
								Settings
Elementary
Secondary
Autism
15
15
Blindness
33
33
Deafness
33
33
Deaf-blind
15
15
Emotional Disturbance
30
30
Hard of Hearing
58
63
Mental Disability
Mild
63
63
Moderate
43
63
Severe
33
33
Profound
33
33
Mild/Moderate Generic
58
58
Multiple Disabilities
33
33
Other Health Impairment
63
63
Orthopedic Impairment
43
45
Partial Seeing
58
63
Severe/Profound Generic
33
33
Specific Learning Disability
50
58
Traumatic Brain Injury
33
33
11. Paraeducators may be hired to meet the
				  unique needs of students with disabilities.
12. Speech/language pathologists in LEAs
				  shall be employed at the rate of one for each thirty (or major fraction
				  thereof) students receiving speech therapy. In determining the number of
				  pupils, the following criteria shall be used.
a. Each student shall receive speech
				  therapy.
b. Each speech/language
				  pathologist shall be assigned a minimum of one student in speech therapy and
				  shall not be assigned more than 79 points.
c. Each hour per week of pupil appraisal
				  assessment services, supervision of speech/language pathologists who hold
				  restricted license, or supervision of speech pathology assistants shall equal
				  one point for the purpose of determining the caseload. Assignment of these
				  activities shall be made by the LEA supervisor.
d. The caseload shall be determined according
				  to the following guidelines.
Service Type
Number of Points Determining Caseload
Each hour of assessment
1
Each hour of supervision
1
Each hour of consultation
1
Each student receiving speech therapy
1
13. Pupil appraisal members shall be employed
				  by LEAs at the rate listed below. LEAs may substitute one pupil appraisal for
				  another provided that all pupil appraisal services are provided in accordance
				  with these regulations.
Public School Ratios
Based on Membership
Private School Ratios
Based on Membership
Educational Diagnosticians
1:2,400 or major fraction thereof
1:3,500 or major fraction thereof
School Psychologists
1:2,400 or major fraction thereof
1:3,500 or major fraction thereof
Social Workers
1:3,200 or major function thereof
1:4,500 or major function thereof