Answer:  Educational benefit was determined from the Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley, (1982). Within the Rowley decision the provision of sufficient supportive services to permit the child to benefit from instruction was determined. In order to determine educational benefits, the five educational benefit questions are asked during CDE monitoring:

1. Does the district use the Rowley standard to provide services that result in educational benefit?
2. Does the district provide services that result in educational benefit, as measured by special education goals and key performance indicators?
3. Does the district comply with procedural guarantees that are known to be frequent noncompliance items in other districts?
4. Does the district fulfill its responsibilities as the district of residence when its students are served by other districts and programs?
5. Does the SELPA (of which the district is a part) fulfill its responsibilities for monitoring the procedural elements of the local plan?

The educational benefit process is as follows:

<< Back