free appropriate public education

law

Also known as: FAPE

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In Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
…disabled students with a “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) in the “least restrictive environment”—i.e., in classrooms with nondisabled children, where feasible—as detailed in an individualized education program (IEP) developed for each child by school officials in consultation with parents or guardians. The court’s decision in Rowley thus defined the…
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