{"id":8700,"date":"2012-12-20T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=8700"},"modified":"2012-11-12T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T19:10:32","slug":"school-district-services-what-is-considered-best-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-district-services-what-is-considered-best-in-class\/","title":{"rendered":"School District Services: What is Considered &#8220;Best in Class&#8221;?"},"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=\"School%20District%20Services%3A%20What%20is%20Considered%20%22Best%20in%20Class%22%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>School districts track students that are classified with a disability. The committee tries to determine whether services are provided in district or better served out of district. Are there measurements that can be used to compare what is considered &#8220;best in class&#8221;?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a new one. I have never heard that term used in this context.<\/p>\n<p>I can tell you that kids with disabilities are NOT entitled to the &#8220;best education&#8221; nor to an education that &#8220;maximizes potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We advise parents to ban the word &#8220;best&#8221; from their vocabulary, especially when negotiating with the school for services.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve written a number of articles about &#8220;banning the word best.&#8221;\u00a0 I&#8217;ve copied some links below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cadillac-Chevrolet Disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes these disagreements about educational benefit are called &#8220;Cadillac-Chevrolet&#8221; disputes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Remember: In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/ussupct.rowley.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rowley<\/span><\/a>, the Supreme Court ruled that children are entitled to an appropriate education (i.e. a Chevrolet), not the best education money can buy (a Cadillac).<\/p>\n<p>One Ohio Hearing Officer wrote that the child was entitled to a Chevrolet\u2014and the school district gave him a lemon! (Fayetteville-Perry Sch. District, 20 IDELR 1289 (SEA OH 1994))<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/iep_guidance.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Your Child&#8217;s IEP: Pratical and Legal Guidance for Parents<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/iep_guidance.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/iep_guidance.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Courts have held that while children are not entitled to a Cadillac, they are entitled to a serviceable Chevrolet that runs. Courts have also held that if a child isn\u2019t learning, the school provided a lemon and the school should reimburse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=273\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Individualized Instruction is Not One-Size-Fits-All<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=273\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=273<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Banning the word Best<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.notbest.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Loving Parents Want What&#8217;s &#8220;Best&#8221; for Child<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Your child is not entitled to the &#8220;best&#8221; education money can buy. The school only needs to provide an &#8220;appropriate&#8221; program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.notbest.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.notbest.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.sped.failed.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Who is Responsible for Providing FAPE?<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Your child is entitled to a free appropriate education, but not an education that &#8220;maximizes&#8221; his potential.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.sped.failed.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.sped.failed.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Educational Benefit &#8211; How Much is Enough?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What makes a program appropriate:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.roadmap.rhinebeck.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Roadmap to FAPE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.roadmap.rhinebeck.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.roadmap.rhinebeck.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments Please?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyone else familiar with the term &#8220;best in class&#8221; used in this context?\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t hesitate to comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School districts track students that are classified with a disability. The committee tries to determine whether services are provided in district or better served out of district. Are there measurements <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-district-services-what-is-considered-best-in-class\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1030,676,1028,1309,1029],"class_list":["post-8700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fape","tag-banning-the-word-best","tag-bd-of-educ-v-rowley","tag-cadillac-chevrolet-disputes","tag-fape","tag-maximum-educational-benefit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8700"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8889,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8700\/revisions\/8889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}