Which of the following is NOT one of the six major principles of IDEA?

• A. Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• B. Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• C. Inclusion
• D. Procedural Safeguards

Answer: (C)

Understanding IDEA's major principles helps you see how the law protects and guides services for students with disabilities. The six major principles lay out the formal guarantees: every student has access to free appropriate public education (FAPE), services are planned through an individualized approach (the IEP), protections and rights are maintained through procedural safeguards, and the student's right to be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE) is supported, along with nondiscriminatory evaluation and active parent involvement. Inclusion, while closely tied to the goal of educating students with disabilities alongside their non-disabled peers, is not listed as a separate major principle. It describes the practice and outcome guided by LRE rather than standing as its own principle. So the option describing Inclusion doesn’t fit as one of the six major principles, because the six principles themselves are the explicit guarantees, while inclusion is the practical aim achieved through those guarantees.