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8VAC20-81-340: Special education caseload staffing requirements
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 8. Education
- Agency 20. State Board of Education
- Chapter 81. Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia
- Part VI. Compliance with § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended
Figure 1: Local school division caseload maximums as funded by the Virginia Appropriation Act.
Disability Category
Level II
Level I
With Paraprofessional 100% of the time
Without Paraprofessional 100% of the Time
Autism
8
6
24
Deaf-blindness
8
6
Developmental Delay: age 5-6
10
8
Developmental Delay: age 2-5
8 Center-based
10 Combined
12 Home-based and/or Itinerant
Emotional Disability
10
8
24
Hearing Impairment/Deaf
10
8
24
Intellectual Disability
10
8
24
Learning Disability
10
8
24
Multiple Disabilities
8
6
Orthopedic Impairment
10
8
24
Other Health Impairment
10
8
24
Speech or Language Impairment
NA
NA
68
(Itinerant)
Traumatic Brain Injury
May be placed in any program, according to the IEP.
Combined group of students needing Level I services with students needing Level II services
20 Points (see Figure 2)
Figure 2: Values for students receiving Level I services when combined with students receiving Level II services.
Disability Category
Level II Values
Level I
With Paraprofessional 100% of the time
Without Paraprofessional 100% of the time
Values
Autism
2.5
3.3
1
Deaf-blindness
2.5
3.3
1
Developmental Delay: age 5-6
2.0
2.5
1
Emotional Disability
2.0
2.5
1
Hearing Impairment/Deaf
2.0
2.5
1
Intellectual Disability
2.0
2.5
1
Learning Disability
2.0
2.5
1
Multiple Disabilities
2.5
3.3
1
Orthopedic Impairment
2.0
2.5
1
Other Health Impairment
2.0
2.5
1
Traumatic Brain Injury
2.0
2.5
1
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