Common use of Caseload Clause in Contracts

Caseload. The Board agrees to a make every effort to provide that Special Education Teachers who service students in the mainstream shall have no more than 16 children on their caseload. Factors to be considered: • Severity of the student's disability • History of physical aggression • Functioning level of the students • Total planning and programming responsibilities of the teacher The Superintendent shall provide the Association with a written report of actual class sizes as of October 1 of each school year. In the event that the final Board budget for the following fiscal year as approved by the Town Council Town Meeting, or Referendum results in an annual operating budget equal to or less than the present budget, the Board reserves the right, as a matter of public policy, to increase maximum class sizes as necessary, to meet the fiscal exigency created by such budget action until an additional budget increase is granted to permit the hiring of additional certified staff.

Caseload. The Board agrees to a make every effort to provide that Special Education Teachers who service students in the mainstream shall have no more than 16 children on their caseload. Factors to be considered: • Severity of the student's disability • History of physical aggression • Functioning level of the students • Total planning and programming responsibilities of the teacher The Superintendent shall provide the Association with a written report of actual class sizes as of October 1 of each school year. In the event that the final Board budget for the following fiscal year as approved by the Town Council Town Meeting, or Referendum results in an annual operating budget equal to or less than the present budget, the Board reserves the right, as a matter of public policy, to increase maximum class sizes as necessary, to meet the fiscal exigency created by such budget action until an additional budget increase is granted to permit the hiring of additional certified staff.staff.‌