Common use of Weighting Clause in Contracts

Weighting. a. For purposes of determining class size, students in regular education classrooms at kindergarten for two hours, 45 minutes per day and at grades 1-6 for three (3) or more hours per day will be assigned a weight of two (2) students if they have been certified eligible for a special education program by an IEPC (except speech and language.) b. In grades 7-12, students certified eligible for special education by an IEPC (except speech and language) will be assigned a weight of two (2) students except that weighting will not apply to band, choir, physical education or any class of 24 or fewer students. c. In grades 7-12, for purposes of determining class size in laboratory classes, students certified eligible for special education by an IEPC (except speech and language) will be assigned a weight of two (2) students. The student count shall not exceed the number of laboratory stations and the weighted student count shall not exceed thirty-one (31). The above limitation that weighting will not apply to a class of 24 or fewer students does not apply to this laboratory class paragraph. d. The number of students who are certified eligible for special education by an IEPC (except speech and language) will be balanced among grade levels and/or subject area classes as nearly as possible. e. Students who are entering kindergarten from the pre-primary impaired program will be assigned a weight of two (2) students for one (1) year, if they have been certified eligible as language impaired by an IEPC in the pre-primary program.