Common use of General Education Programs Clause in Contracts

General Education Programs. Subject to the provisions included in sections 15.2.1 through 15.2.5 below, class ratios during the term of this Agreement shall be as follows: 2018-2019 TK-3 25 1 25 school site average *With the exception of PE and performing arts courses. **In the high schools, classes designated as meeting the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems uniform minimum set of courses required for admission as a freshman, as found in the UC A-G course list for the AUSD schools, shall not exceed 38 students, with the exception of performing arts courses, designated as meeting the “F” requirement for visual and performing arts. 15.2.1 To comply with class size provisions under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the ratios for Grades K-3, above refer to class size averages by school site for Kindergarten through Grade 3 elementary general education classes. 15.2.2 The ratios for Grades 4-5 above refer to class size averages by school site for Grade 4 through Grade 5 elementary general education classes. 15.2.3 The ratios for Grades 6-12 above refer to the number of pupils in each site compared with the number of full-time general education teaching staff assigned to the site. For purposes of this section, only the time during the day that a teacher is providing instruction to students will be counted. (For example, a teacher who is teaching three classes per day and is released for two periods per day to perform duties as an athletic director, will only be counted as a 0.6 FTE for purposes of this ratio). In addition, each comprehensive high school and each middle school will receive 0.2 FTE to accommodate inclusion of all students in the academic programs. A. Physical Education shall be enrolled with no more than forty eight (48) students per class. 15.2.4 The parties acknowledge that the site class size averages and timeline identified for Grades K-3 in the table above where negotiated based upon the state’s projections that the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) will be fully implemented over an 8- year time span (i.e.,by the 2020-2021 school year). The parties further agree that, should funding for the K-3 Grade Span Adjustment under LCFF be eliminated, reduced, or suspended anytime during the period of this Agreement, the site class size averages and maximums most recently in effect for Grades K-3 shall remain in effect. In such circumstances, either party may request in writing that the class size averages and maximums for Grades K-3 be reopened for negotiations, and such negotiations shall commence within thirty (30) days of receipt of such request. In 2020-2021, if the law requires the District to make continued progress towards a K-3 class size average of 24 per site, and if the parties do not negotiate a local alternative, then the District will comply with the law. 15.2.5 The class averages specified herein shall be suspended during the first twenty (20) instructional days of the school year to allow the District sufficient time to balance classes and to reassign and/or hire and place staff as necessary.