How Endrew F. v. Douglas Raises the Educational Standard for Learning-Disabled Students.
Under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), students with disabilities have the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) tailored to their unique needs, which includes special education and related services. (20 U.S.C. §§ 1400(d)(1)(A) & 1401(9). Thirty five years ago, in Hendrick Hudson Central School District Board of Education v. Rowley, the United States Supreme Court held that the IDEA requires instruction that is “reasonably calculated to e