Page 25 - Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Resource Guide

Draft Part A: Legislation, Policy, and Funding
According to Regulation 298, section 31, the maximum enrolment in a special education class shall depend upon the extent of
the exceptionalities of the students in the class and the special education services that are available to the teacher, but in no case shall the enrolment in a self-contained class exceed:
• 8 in a class for students who are emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted, have severe learning disabilities, or are below compulsory school age and have impaired hearing
• 10 in a class for students who are blind, are Deaf, or have developmental disabilities or speech and language disorders
• 12 in a class for students who are hard of hearing, have low vision, or have orthopaedic or other physical disabilities
• 12 in a class for students in the primary division who have mild intellectual disabilities, and 16 in a class for students in the junior and intermediate divisions who have mild intellectual disabilities
• Regarding gifted students in elementary school:
✧ 20 in a class if it consists only of students in the primary division
✧ 23 in a class if it includes at least 1 student in the primary division and at least 1 in the junior or intermediate division
✧ 25 in a class if it consists only of students in the junior or intermediate division
• 6 in a class for aphasic or autistic students, or for students with multiple handicaps for whom no one handicap is dominant
• 16 in a class of exceptional students consisting of students with different exceptionalities
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