PennData - Least Restrictive Environment

PennData - Least Restrictive Environment ( LRE) is a section of the IEP that applies to students with disabilities receiving special education outside their regular education classroom, in regular schools with non-disabled students. The IEP team calculates the percentage of time the student receives special education outside the regular education classroom and indicates one of the following:

• Less than 21% outside of the regular education classroom
• 21-60% outside of the regular education classroom
• 61% or more outside of the regular education classroom

For example: If the number of hours a student receives special education outside of the regular education classroom per week = 5 hours and the total number of hours of education per week = 40 hours, then calculate 5/40=12%. Less than 21% outside of the regular education classroom would then be selected in the IEP.

Detailed instructions related to calculating PennData - Least Restrictive Environment ( LRE) on the IEP can be found in Section VIII of the Annotated IEP.