Special Education and Support Services
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
The LRE Clearinghouse is a resource for families and educators on issues related to educating students with disabilities in the regular classrooms.
This is the policy statement for Least Restrictive Environment.
LRE Clearinghouse
If you are a parent or teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, you'll want to know that the LRE Clearinghouse is a resource for families and educators on issues related to educating students with disabilities in the regular classrooms.
Issue Briefs
Resources- Guidance: Appropriate
Procedures for Determining Placement in the Least Restrictive
Environment and Identifying and Providing Appropriate Special
Education and Related Services

- Determining Educational Environment Coding for Students with Disabilities Participating in DRS Secondary Transitional Experience Programs (STEP)







