Table 131.

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: 2008-09 and 2009-10

Year, 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
2008-095
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 impairments6	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
2009-10
Total	408,642	255,800	59,973	5,071	86,244	1,554	66,782	199,833
Age
14	3,226	5	5	†	3,024	192	16,898	38,790
15	6,741	44	26	†	6,445	226	15,247	43,303
16	19,878	3,243	823	†	15,504	308	14,785	44,988
17	149,616	108,083	16,664	†	24,542	327	12,141	39,687
18	153,432	107,004	23,524	8	22,670	226	5,715	22,826
19	46,315	26,623	9,703	65	9,796	128	1,369	7,119
20	17,908	7,766	5,299	1,354	3,392	97	430	2,401
21	11,526	3,032	3,929	3,644	871	50	197	719
Type of disability
Autism	12,295	8,145	2,730	567	816	37	1,820	3,852
Deaf-blindness	90	54	17	5	12	2	8	35
Emotional disturbance	45,659	22,806	4,706	365	17,654	128	7,084	40,578
Hearing impairments	4,768	3,421	793	52	488	14	660	1,649
Intellectual disability	41,709	16,966	14,389	2,101	7,987	266	1,854	16,521
Multiple disabilities	8,919	4,245	2,511	626	1,238	299	286	3,826
Orthopedic impairments	3,762	2,361	691	151	467	92	432	1,282
Other health impairments6	49,743	34,400	5,383	200	9,515	245	9,890	24,428
Specific learning disabilities	227,048	153,017	26,899	871	45,846	415	33,983	100,786
Speech or language
impairments	10,357	7,287	1,256	37	1,760	17	10,321	5,564
Traumatic brain injury	2,480	1,687	397	66	309	21	229	798
Visual impairments	1,812	1,411	201	30	152	18	215	514

†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 Data do not include Vermont, for which 2008-09 data were not available. In 2009-10, a total of 1,007 students with disabilities exited school in Vermont, 342 transferred to regular education, and 421 moved and are known to be continuing in an educational program.

6 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 June 6, 2012, from https://www.ideadata.org/DACAnalyticTool/Intro_2.asp. (This table was prepared June 2012.)