NCCRESt

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Lenn v. Portland School Committee

"The IDEA does not promise perfect solutions to the vexing problems posed by the existence of learning disabilities in children and adolescents. The Act sets more modest goals; it emphasizes an appropriate rather than ideal, education; it requires an adequate rather than optimal, IEP... It follows that, although an IEP must afford some educational benefit to the handicapped child, the benefit conferred need not reach the highest attainable level or even the level needed to maximize the child's potential..."

• Date Published: 1993
• Journal/Secondary Title: Federal Reporter
• Publisher: 1st Circuit
• Volume: 998
• Year: 1993

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Multicultural Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Policies: Federal Policies
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Policies: Multicultural Educational Policies
• Subject: Disability and Special Education
• Subject: IEP
• Subject: Rowley Educational Benefit Test

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