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An IEP must be designed to meet the unique educational needs of that child in the Least Restrictive Environment appropriate to the needs of that child. When a child qualifies for services, an IEP team is convened to design an education plan. In addition to the child's parents, the IEP team must include at least: [citation needed]
The IEP team is required to consider the student's communication needs. For example, if a student is blind or visually impaired, the IEP is mandated to provide instruction in braille unless an evaluation of the student's reading and writing skills, needs, and future needs indicate that this instruction is not appropriate for the student. If a ...
The IEP must include: A statement of the child's present levels of educational performance, which describes the effects of the child's disability on all affected areas of the child's academic and non-academic school performance. A statement of annual goals including short-term objectives.
Because the law does not clearly state to what degree the least restrictive environment is, courts have had to interpret the LRE principle. In a landmark case interpreting IDEA's predecessor statute (EHA), Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education (1989), it was determined that students with disabilities have a right to be included in both academic and extracurricular programs of general education.
The plan must include: an assessment of a child's present levels of development, a statement of goals, support services that will be put in place to achieve those goals, the date services will begin, and the name and identification of the service coordinator.
The parents removed their child from Summit View and enrolled him in a specialized school for children with autism, Firefly Autism House in Denver, with an annual tuition of $70,000. [7] The family requested reimbursement for the Firefly tuition claiming the Douglas County School District had not fulfilled the requirements of IDEA.
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The free and appropriate public education proffered in an IEP need not be the best one that money can buy, [44] nor one that maximizes the child's educational potential. [43] Rather, it need only be an education that specifically meets a child's unique needs, supported by services that permit the child to benefit from the instruction. [43]