free appropriate public education


free ap·pro·pri·ate pub·lic ed·u·ca·tion

(frē ă-prō'prē-ăt pŭb'lik ej'yū-kā'shŭn) An aspect of the Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (currently I.D.E.A.) that mandated free appropriate public education for all children with disabilities.