What is LRE or Least Restrictive Environment?
The Least Restrictive Environment for a disabled child is usually the school in which the child would normally be educated if he didn’t have a disability. IDEA says that the public agency (district or LEA) must educate the disabled child with other non-disabled children and that “Special classes, separate schooling, or removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only if the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.” IDEA 300.114(a)(2)(ii). Therefore, a child who is visually impaired should be educated with children who are not visually impaired. Ideally all children no matter what their disability would go to school with children in the regular school and in regular classrooms. However sometimes this is not practical. There are schools for the deaf and blind that do a much better job of educating children with these special ne
Related Questions
- Have federal legal provisions with respect to the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) mandate in IDEA changed in recent years? Have they changed significantly in any other ways?
- How will children be placed in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) if there is no Pre-K program?
- What is least restrictive environment (LRE)?
