Tf’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A child receives a free appropriate public education if he receives "personalized instruction with sufficient support services to permit the child to benefit educationally from that instruction." Rowley, 458 U.S. at 203, 102 S.Ct. 3034 . The IDEA requires that public school districts offer eligible children "instruction and supportive services reasonably calculated to provide some educational benefit." [ Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Educ. v. ] Springfield, 358 F.3d [992], at 999 n. 7 [(8th Cir. 2004)]. The statute also requires that students with disabilities be educated in the "least restrictive environment," 20 U.S.C. § 1412 (a)(5)(A), reflecting a "strong preference" that disabled children attend regular classes with non-disabled children and a presumption in favor of placement in the public schools. Independent Sch. Dist. No. 283 v. S.D., 88 F.3d 556 , 561 (8th Cir.1996). "[C]hildren who can be mainstreamed should be mainstreamed, if not for the entire day, then for part of the day; similarly, children should be provided with an education close to their home, and residential placements should be resorted to only if these attempts fail or are plainly untenable." Evans v. Dist. No. 17, 841 F.2d 824 , 832 (8th Cir. 1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 693 F. Supp. 2d 1009 - Jl v. Francis Howell R-3 School Dist.

2. “The IDEA as amended in 1997 `does not require a local educational agency to pay for the cost of education ... at a private school or facility if that agency made a free appropriate public education available to the child and the parents elected to place the child in such private school or facility.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 693 F. Supp. 2d 1009 - Jl v. Francis Howell R-3 School Dist.

3. “[C]hildren who can be mainstreamed should be mainstreamed, if not for the entire day, then for part of the day; similarly, children should be provided with an education close to their home, and residential placements should be resorted to only if these attempts fail or are plainly untenable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 693 F. Supp. 2d 1009 - Jl v. Francis Howell R-3 School Dist.