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In 1991, the U.S. Court of Appeals described the purpose and end goals of the mainstreaming or inclusion policy that comprises the LRE- "Under the Act, mainstreaming is a policy to be pursued so long as it is consistent with the Act's primary goal of providing disabled students with an appropriate education" and that "where necessary for educational reasons, mainstreaming assumes a subordinate role in formulating an educational program" (Wright and Wright, 2009). The purpose of inclusion was so that school and school districts would not segregate handicapped students from other non-disabled students. The continuum of alternative replacements is something that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that school districts have "a range or continuum of alternative placements options to meet" the disabled students needs, including a "continuum [that] represents an entire spectrum of placements where a student's special education program can be implemented" (Yell 2006). Further regulations required that each continuum must "include the alternative placements i.e. instruction in regular classes, special classes, special schools, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions); and make provision for supplementary services (such as resource room or itinerant instruction) to be provided in conjunction with regular class placement" (Yell, 2006). Ultimately, the "purpose of the continuum is to allow school personnel to choose from a number of options in determining the LRE most appropriate for the student" (Yell, 2006).

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