From Least Restrictive to More Restrictive
Regular class includes students who receive the majority of their education program in a regular classroom and receive special education and related services outside the regular classroom for less than 21 percent of the school day.
Resource room includes students who receive special education and related services outside of the regular classroom for at least 21 percent but no more than 60 percent of the school day.
Separate class includes students who receive special education and related services outside the regular class for more than 60 percent of the school day.
Separate school includes students who receive special education and related services in a public or private separate day school for students with disabilities, at public expense, and more than 50 percent of the school day.
Residential facility includes students who receive special education in a public or private residential facility, at public expense, for more than 50 percent of the school day.
Homebound/hospital environment includes students placed in and receiving special education in a hospital or homebound program.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, 2004, Twenty-Sixth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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