{"id":9342,"date":"2013-05-23T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9342"},"modified":"2013-04-01T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:35:43","slug":"lre-does-my-child-have-a-legal-right-to-a-general-ed-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/lre-does-my-child-have-a-legal-right-to-a-general-ed-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"LRE: Does My Child Have a Legal Right to a General Ed Placement?"},"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=\"LRE%3A%20Does%20My%20Child%20Have%20a%20Legal%20Right%20to%20a%20General%20Ed%20Placement%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>My child has a learning disability. Her Individual Education Plan (IEP) puts her in general education with accommodation. She also receives one hour of pullout reading services each day. She excels in this placement.<\/p>\n<p>The school wants to place her in a special education team-taught class because she has an IEP. I want her to continue in general education classes with accommodations. <strong>What are her legal rights?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>What Does IDEA Say about LRE?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) gives a qualifying child with a disability the right to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that provides a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>An<strong> IEP<\/strong> is a written statement, developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with the IDEA. It describes the special education and services your child is to receive. It also says where your child will receive these services. 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1401 (14) and 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1414 (d). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, pp. 53 and 99.\u00a0 Your child\u2019s IEP is the blueprint for her education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAPE<\/strong> means that your child will receive special education at no cost to you and that the school will provide the education as designed by her IEP. 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1401 (9). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, p. 51.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Education<\/strong> is \u201cspecially designed instruction, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability.\u201d 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1401 (29). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, p. 55. Your child receives \u201cspecially designed instruction\u201d in the area of reading intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The IEP Team found your child eligible for an IEP because she is a \u201cchild with a disability.\u201d That disability seriously affects her education. Because of her disability, she needs special education and related services. 20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1401 (3). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, p. 49. Your child\u2019s IEP entitles her to special education in the LRE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LRE<\/strong> means that your child must receive her education in a setting with non-disabled children, \u201cto the maximum extent appropriate.\u201d 20 U. S. C. \u00a7 1412 (a) (5). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, p. 72. That means the IEP Team must consider general education placement as the first placement.<\/p>\n<p>Your child must receive her education in general education unless her disability is so severe that the school cannot educate her there, even with the use of supplementary aids and services. 20 U. S. C. \u00a7 1412(a)(5). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Ed.<\/span><\/a>, pp. 72-73.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child is successful in general education with accommodations, that placement is her LRE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px; float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.100.sm.jpg\" width=\"92\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get your copy of IDEA 2004 with analysis and commentary by Pete Wright.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Order today<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My child has a learning disability. Her Individual Education Plan (IEP) puts her in general education with accommodation. She also receives one hour of pullout reading services each day. 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