{"id":4100,"date":"2010-11-01T10:57:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2010-11-01T10:58:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:58:20","slug":"minimum-vs-maximum-fape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/minimum-vs-maximum-fape\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Minimum&#8221; vs. &#8220;Maximum&#8221; FAPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"%22Minimum%22%20vs.%20%22Maximum%22%20FAPE\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>A sped director told me some states were &#8220;minimum&#8221; FAPE states and some were &#8220;maximum&#8221; FAPE states.\u00a0 Where can I find this concept in writing?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is no such concept as a minimum and maximum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">FAPE<\/span><\/a> state.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>IDEA says all children with disabilities and who are eligible for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IEP<\/span><\/a> are entitled to FAPE.<\/p>\n<p>You will find FAPE defined in IDEA at 20 U. S. C. \u00a7 1401(3)(A)(9) and in the Code of Federal Regulations at 34 C.F.R. \u00a7 300.17.<\/p>\n<p>(See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition<\/span><\/a>, pages 51 and 196).<\/p>\n<p>The US Supreme Court in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/ussupct.rowley.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rowley case<\/span><\/a> said that FAPE is not the same as &#8220;best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No state is required to provide what is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.notbest.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">best for a child<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 nor to maximize educational performance.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Massachusetts had a higher state standard, but that has not been upheld by the Courts and I believe that their standard now tracks that in IDEA.<\/p>\n<p>Ask the sped director to provide you with the specific state statute or regulation citation that she is referring to.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have that regulation, compare it to the definition of FAPE in IDEA and the federal regulations.<\/p>\n<p>I bet you will find that it is identical.\u00a0 Word for word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sped director told me some states were &#8220;minimum&#8221; FAPE states and some were &#8220;maximum&#8221; FAPE states.\u00a0 Where can I find this concept in writing? 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