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[quote=Anonymous]The short answer is that there is no limit -- only an agreement that the country will try its best to follow the following (From the Teachers/BOA Collective Bargaining Agreement):

[i][b]The Board will make a conscientious effort to guarantee[/b] that no self-contained elementary class will exceed the number of students per classroom proposed in the current budget. If any class exceeds these numbers, every effort will be made to provide a paraeducator for that teacher. […] In the event of a dispute over this Article, the parties will meet in a good faith effort to resolve it. In order to address this issue: 
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The classroom teacher is the key member of the professional staff, and the degree of teacher time which is available to students for instructional purposes is a major index of educational quality. In recognition of the fact that the appropriateness of a specific ratio of pupils to each classroom teacher may vary in relation to such factors as subject requirements, pupil characteristics, and school size, no prescriptive and detailed ratio is set forth herein. In staffing schools with classroom teachers, however, school administrators should regard [b]ratios ranging from one classroom teacher for each 28 pupils to one for each 25 pupils[/b] as the arrangement which will be approximated following assignment of all professional personnel in the local school system. [/i] Emphasis added.

http://www.mceanea.org/publications/contract.php

And that "conscientious effort" does not apply to the size of the specials such as art, music or physical education.
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