Table 118.

Number of 14- through 21-year-old students served under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, who exited school, by exit reason, age, and type of disability: 2007-08 and 2008-09

Age and type of disability	Exiting school						Transferred to regular education3	Moved, known to be continuing4
	Total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certifi-cate of attendance	Reached maximum age1	Dropped out2	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2007-08
Total	366,964	216,738	53,092	5,622	89,999	1,513	51,087	211,924
Age
14	3,598	3	9	†	3,385	201	13,015	43,003
15	7,915	24	32	†	7,588	271	11,691	47,908
16	20,170	1,881	625	†	17,365	299	11,559	49,587
17	135,299	92,434	15,862	†	26,711	292	9,674	41,311
18	136,144	90,836	20,995	980	23,100	233	3,881	21,760
19	40,174	22,905	8,222	515	8,429	103	885	5,958
20	14,139	5,955	4,266	1,240	2,604	74	262	1,738
21	9,525	2,700	3,081	2,887	817	40	120	659
Type of disability
Autism	7,188	4,544	1,722	398	499	25	544	2,853
Deaf-blindness	89	52	18	8	8	3	9	43
Emotional disturbance	42,469	19,385	3,971	580	18,385	148	5,189	44,148
Hearing impairments	4,183	2,913	733	64	464	9	534	1,785
Intellectual disability	41,604	15,643	14,811	1,955	8,908	287	1,713	19,574
Multiple disabilities	8,198	3,745	2,095	651	1,442	265	236	4,146
Orthopedic impairments	3,327	2,060	603	142	437	85	371	1,260
Other health impairments5	38,535	25,635	3,831	234	8,618	217	7,224	22,073
Specific learning disabilities	208,380	133,985	23,645	1,460	48,891	399	27,338	108,668
Speech or language      impairments	9,270	6,183	1,140	32	1,879	36	7,651	6,076
Traumatic brain injury	2,256	1,464	371	65	328	28	119	810
Visual impairments	1,465	1,129	152	33	140	11	159	488
2008-09
Total	407,441	246,990	61,486	6,107	91,198	1,660	66,211	218,964
Age
14	3,658	40	17	†	3,366	235	16,937	42,164
15	7,784	88	36	†	7,394	266	14,867	48,895
16	22,057	3,062	932	†	17,747	316	14,188	50,699
17	151,382	105,331	18,505	†	27,202	344	12,446	43,532
18	152,942	104,261	24,337	882	23,230	232	5,815	23,990
19	42,767	24,113	9,282	498	8,738	136	1,336	6,809
20	15,626	6,643	4,714	1,427	2,754	88	452	2,112
21	11,225	3,452	3,663	3,300	767	43	170	763
Type of disability
Autism	9,892	6,374	2,390	488	609	31	1,017	3,570
Deaf-blindness	77	49	8	10	7	3	4	27
Emotional disturbance	45,813	21,729	4,769	565	18,587	163	7,061	44,841
Hearing impairments	4,893	3,510	785	75	515	8	736	1,876
Intellectual disability	42,908	16,606	15,313	2,204	8,500	285	2,021	19,498
Multiple disabilities	8,916	4,286	2,299	705	1,323	303	316	4,052
Orthopedic impairments	3,807	2,330	706	146	520	105	472	1,334
Other health impairments5	46,422	31,248	5,204	282	9,460	228	9,519	23,741
Specific learning disabilities	230,461	151,016	28,190	1,473	49,294	488	35,365	112,511
Speech or language      impairments	10,085	6,887	1,236	44	1,895	23	9,326	6,099
Traumatic brain injury	2,416	1,641	363	76	320	16	147	810
Visual impairments	1,751	1,314	223	39	168	7	227	605

†Not applicable.

1 Students may exit special education services due to maximum age beginning at age 18 depending on state law or practice or order of any court.

2 "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year, and did not exit for any of the other reasons described. Includes students previously categorized as "moved, not known to continue."

3 "Transferred to regular education" was previously labeled "no longer receives special education."

4 "Moved, known to be continuing" is the total number of students who moved out of the administrative area or transferred to another district and are known to be continuing in an educational program.

5 Other health impairments include having limited strength, vitality, or alertness due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes.

NOTE: Data are for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Bureau of Indian Education schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved September 19, 2011, from https://www.ideadata.org/DACAnalyticTool/Intro_2.asp. (This table was prepared September 2011.)