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Placement Issues 
The teacher talks face to face with a student with a disability in the middle of the classroom. 
Where will a student with a disability receive his or her special education and related services? IDEA requires placement in the least restrictive environment (LRE) for each child, a setting that is based on the child's IEP. Use the options and paths below to find out more about who decides placement and how they decide it; what LRE is and why it's a foundation element in IDEA and in deciding a child's placement; and how placement can be affected if a child with a disability violates certain codes of student content.
 
Select from among these links to find out more about each of these aspects of placement.

 

Placement, Short-and-Sweet

Placement, in overview. Here are the basics, if you please.

Considering LRE in Placement Decisions

LRE--least restrictive environment--is a foundational principle in IDEA. What is LRE, and how does it shape placement decisions?

Placement in Disciplinary Situations

How is a child's placement affected when he or she is being disciplined for a violation of the student code? Find out what authority school personnel have to remove a child from his or her current placement, what authority the hearing officer has, what constitutes a change of placement, and what placement the child will have during any appeal.

Related Information

OSEP Resources

Related publications, presentations, and other resources from OSEP’s TA&D Network

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NICHCY thanks our Project Officer, Dr. Judy L. Shanley, at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education.

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