Supreme Court of the United States November 9, 1993, 91-1523 (Florence County School District Four v. Carter Ex Rel. Carter)

Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA or Act), 84 Stat. 175, as amended, 20 U. S. C. § 1400

et seq.

(1988 ed. and Supp. IV), requires States to provide disabled children with a “free appropriate public education,” § 1401(a)(18).