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or r e lie f u n d e rth e I n d iv idu a ls w ith D is ab ilitie s E du c a tio n A c t ( “I D E A ” ) , 2 0 U .S .C . § 1400 e t s e q. W e h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n u n d e r2 8 U . S. C. § 1 2 9 1 , a n dw e a f f i rm. T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n in af firm in g th e A L J’s eval uat i on of w i tness cr edi bi l i ty. T he A L J, as the fi nd erof fa ct , i s bes tpo si t i on ed t o a s s e s s w i tne s s c r e di bi l i ty , a nd he rc r e di bi l i ty - ba s e d de t e rm i na t i ons w a rr a nt d e f e r e n c e . A m a n da J

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concl usi on or un l es s the re cord rea d i n i t s e nt i re ty w ou l d com pel a c on trary c o n c lu s io n .” ) ( in te rn a l q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) . T h e r e c o r dd o e s n o t c o m p e l a c o n tr a ryc o n c lu s io n r e g a r d in g c r e d ib ility . I n ale n g th yd e c is io n , th e A L Jc a r e f u lly c ons i de r e d e a c h w i tne s s ’ s t e s t i m ony , a nd the di s tr i c tc ourtdi d note rri n de f e rr i ng t o h erdet erm i nat i on thatthe sc ho ol di stri ct ’ s e xp ert s w er e m ore pers uasi ve than S .W .’s e x p e rts . S ec on d, the di stri ctcourtprop er l y c on cl ud ed thatS . W . ’ s i nd i vi du al i ze d e d u c a tio n p r o g r a m ( “I E P ” ) w a s n o t s u b s ta n tiv e lyd e f e c tiv e u n d e rth e I D E A d u e to a n in s u f f ic ie n t s ta te m e n t o f

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it in th e le a s t r e s tr ic tiv e e n v ir o n m e n t. See 20 U . S . C . §§ 14 01 (9), 14 01 (14), 14 12 (a )( 5), 14 14 (d)( 1)(A )( i )( I) , 14 14 (d)( 1)(A )( i )( II ); B d. of E du c. v. R ow ley , 4 5 8 U . S . 1 7 6 , 2 0 6

– 0 7 (1 9 8 2 ) (h o l d i n g th ata st at e m u st d e v e lo p a n I E P th r o u g h th e I D E A ’s p r o c e du r e s th a t is “r e a s o n ab lyc a lc u la te dto enabl e the chi l d t o rec ei ve educat i on al benefi t s” ). T he ID E A do es no tre qu i re a st at e t o m axi m i ze the po t ent i al of ea ch hand i capp ed chi l d o r t o g uarant ee opportuni t i e s c om m e ns ur a t e w i th thos e pr ovi de d t o non- ha ndi c appe d c hi l dr e n, but ra ther provi des a“ basi c f l oo r of opp ortun i ty” consi st i ng of “ ac ce ss t o speci al i ze d i ns truc t i on a nd r e l a t e d s e rvi c e s w hi c h a r e i ndi vi dua l l yde s i gne d t o pr ovi de4

educat i on al benefi tt o the hand i capp ed chi l d. ” R ow ley , 45 8 U . S . at20 1 (i nt ernal qu ot at i on m arks om i tt ed). T he re cord supp ort s the di stri ctcourt ’ s c on cl usi on that the IE P cont ai ned an adequ at e s t at em entof S . W . ’ s pre se ntl evel s of per form ance , a rt i c ul a t e d appr opr i a t e a nnua l goa l s , a nd w a s r e a s onabl yc a l c ul a t e d t o pr ovi de S .W . w ith e d u c a tio n a l b e n e f it in th e le a s t r e s tr ic tiv e e n v ir o n m e n t. F i na l l y , the di s tr i c tc ourtpr ope r l yde t e rm i ne d tha tthe s c hool di s tr i c tdi d not c om m i tm a t e r i a l pr oc e dur a l I D E A vi ol a t i ons tha tde pr i ve d S . W . of af r e e a nd ap p r o p r ia te p u b lic e d u c a tio n ( “F A P E ” ) . “N o t e v e ryp r o c e du r a l v io la tio n . . . is suff i ci entt o sup po rta f

i nd i ng thatthe chi l d i n q uest i on w as deni ed a F A P E . ” A m an da J. , 2 6 7 F . 3 dat8 9 2 . O n l y “ p ro ced u ral i n ad eq u aci es th atresu l ti n th e l o ss o f e d u c a tio n a l o p p o rtu n ity , o rs e r io u s lyin f r in g e th e p a r e n ts ’ o p p o rtu n ityto pa rt i c i pa t e i n the I E P f

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d. (i nt ernal qu ot at i on m arks om i tt ed); 20 U . S . C . § 1415( f

) ( 3) ( E ) ( i i ) . T he r e c or d s upport s the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s c onc l us i on th a t a n yp r o c e d u r a l v io la tio n s th a t o c c u rr e dd idn o t r is e to th is le v e l. AF F I RME D.