It's a bigger battle than I thought....

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Re: It's a bigger battle than I thought....

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State law dictates what numbers can be in an inclusion class.....In NYS, an inclusion class can be 33 1/3% of the students in the class. So, in a class of 25, 8 students can be classified as special ed.

This is not true. . . There is no LEGAL definitiion of Inclusion!

actually it is true. My school was cited by the state because we weren't in compliance with STATE regulations. Our inclusion classes had more classified students than allowed based on ratio.

Actually, I was wrong, it isn't 33 1/3, it is 40% . This is from my NYS Education Law book:
"The number of students with disabilities in a Collaborative Team Teaching class may not exceed forty
percent of the total class register. Collaborative Team Teaching classes must adhere to general education class size
limits. Under Collaborative Team Teaching, classes that normally have a class size limit of twenty students will
increase to twenty-five students, with a maximum of ten students having disabilities."

And, districts cannot make their own caps because Federal Law trumps local law. NCLB has driven many changes in special education law. Under NCLB, Special Education students have the right to be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment.

interesting. My class is 50% this year and my district always says there is no cap. We are not limited to 20 or 25 either. I am going to find out more about this. Do you know what year that was written?

Posted 10/11/10 9:20 AM