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1. Least Restrictive Environment Calculation Overview Training

2. Guidelines for Calculating Educational Environment for Federal Special Education Reporting  (see page 4)

Additionally, PA Chapter 14 provides guidance on counting co-teaching as time within the general education environment. Specifically, time spent in co-taught classrooms is considered as time in regular education, aligning with IDEA. This approach ensures that co-teaching models support the inclusion of students in general education settings and contribute to the LRE percentage specific for PENN DATA.

For co-teaching situations, all time spent in the co-taught classroom counts as time in the general education setting, so you do not subtract it from the total. Co-teaching does not reduce the LRE percentage because the student remains in the general education setting with peers