Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 14, 2024

Title 34 - Education last revised: May 29, 2024
§ 300.17 -

Free appropriate public education or FAPE means special education and related services that—

(a) Are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and without charge;

(b) Meet the standards of the SEA, including the requirements of this part;

(c) Include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school education in the State involved; and

(d) Are provided in conformity with an individualized education program (IEP) that meets the requirements of §§ 300.320 through 300.324.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(9))
authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3,1406,1411,and; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted
source: 71 FR 46753, Aug. 14, 2006, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 34 CFR 300.17