Kings County
Special Education Local Plan Area
Policy/Procedures
LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT
Steps are taken, including placement of classes, to ensure that students with
disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care
facilities, participate in academic, nonacademic and extracurricular services and
activities to promote maximum interaction with the general school population.
Children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled.
Placement in special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with
disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature
or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with
the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily and
offer consideration of any potential harmful effects on the child or on the quality of
services.
A full continuum of services and placements are available in the public education
setting if needed for each individual with disabilities, as determined by IEP teams,
including, but not limited to, the following or any combination of the following:
 Regular education programs
 General education classroom with special education services
 General education classroom with designated instruction and services or
related services
 General education classroom with some services in special classes and
centers that enroll pupils with similar and more intensive educational needs
 Special classes and centers
 Instruction in settings other than classrooms where specially designed
instruction may occur
 Itinerant instruction in classrooms, resource rooms and settings other than
classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur
 Instruction using telecommunication and instruction in the home, in
hospitals and in other institutions
 Nonpublic, nonsectarian school services
 State special schools
Q1
May 2011
The child is not removed from age appropriate, regular classrooms solely because
of needed modifications in the general curriculum.
In providing or arranging for the provision of nonacademic and extracurricular
services and activities, including meals, recess periods, and the services and other
nonacademic activities specified in federal regulations, the Kings County SELPA
ensures that each child with a disability participates with nondisabled children in
those services and activities to the maximum extent appropriate to the needs of that
child.
Transportation is available when required for students with disabilities, as
determined by IEP teams.
Legal References:
34 CFR 300.306
34 CFR 300.553
34 CFR 300.550
34 CFR 300.551
34 CFR 300.552
34 CFR 300.24
34 CFR 300.306
30 EC 56361
30 EC 56364
20 USC 1412
20 USC 1402 (22)
Q2
May 2011