The

Least Restrictive Environment Mandates

to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities,
are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with
disabilities from regular educational environment occurs only when the nature of severity of the disability is such that education in
regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily. (IDEA, 20 U. S. C. 1412(a)(5)(A))

Mandate # 1 Mandate # 2
Students with disabilities should be educated with their peers who A student should be removed from an inclusion classroom if they
do not have disabilities as much as is appropriate. are not able to receive an appropriate education while obtaining
services & supplementary aids.

General Education Classroom

Is the child not receiving an appropriate education?

Examples of supplementary aids

General Education Classroom + Supplementary Aids and Services and services: teaching adaptations,
personnel training, assistive
technology, behavioral
Is the child not receiving an appropraite education?
interventions, and resource rooms.

Special classroom (autistic

Restrictive Settings support, emotional support, life
skills), alternate school,

institution.