Table A-9-1. Number and percentage of 3- to 21-year-olds served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): 1976–77 through 2006–07
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| School year |
Total served under IDEA
(in thousands) |
Percentage of total public
school enrollment served under IDEA1 |
Percentage of youth
ages 3–21 served under IDEA |
| 1976–77 |
3,692 |
8.3 |
5.0 |
| 1977–78 |
3,755 |
8.6 |
5.1 |
| 1978–79 |
3,894 |
9.2 |
5.4 |
| 1979–80 |
4,010 |
9.6 |
5.6 |
| 1980–81 |
4,146 |
10.1 |
5.8 |
| |
|
|
|
| 1981–82 |
4,203 |
10.5 |
6.0 |
| 1982–83 |
4,260 |
10.8 |
6.1 |
| 1983–84 |
4,304 |
11.0 |
6.3 |
| 1984–85 |
4,320 |
11.0 |
6.3 |
| 1985–86 |
4,322 |
11.0 |
6.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| 1986–87 |
4,379 |
11.0 |
6.5 |
| 1987–88 |
4,414 |
11.0 |
6.6 |
| 1988–89 |
4,493 |
11.2 |
6.7 |
| 1989–90 |
4,599 |
11.3 |
6.8 |
| 1990–91 |
4,717 |
11.4 |
6.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| 1991–92 |
4,881 |
11.6 |
7.1 |
| 1992–93 |
5,042 |
11.8 |
7.3 |
| 1993–94 |
5,223 |
12.0 |
7.5 |
| 1994–95 |
5,378 |
12.2 |
7.6 |
| 1995–96 |
5,572 |
12.4 |
7.7 |
| |
|
|
|
| 1996–97 |
5,737 |
12.6 |
7.8 |
| 1997–98 |
5,908 |
12.8 |
7.9 |
| 1998–99 |
6,056 |
13.0 |
8.0 |
| 1999–2000 |
6,195 |
13.2 |
8.1 |
| 2000–01 |
6,296 |
13.3 |
8.2 |
| |
|
|
|
| 2001–02 |
6,407 |
13.4 |
8.3 |
| 2002–03 |
6,523 |
13.5 |
8.4 |
| 2003–04 |
6,634 |
13.7 |
8.6 |
| 2004–05 |
6,719 |
13.8 |
8.7 |
| 2005–06 |
6,713 |
13.7 |
8.6 |
| 2006–07 |
6,686 |
13.6 |
8.6 |
| 1 Number of children and youth served as a percentage of all children and youth ages 3–21 enrolled in early education centers and public elementary and secondary schools. |
| NOTE: Includes students served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly the Education of the Handicapped Act. In October 1994, funding for children and youth with disabilities was consolidated under IDEA, Part B. Data reported in this table for years prior to 1994–95 include children and youth from birth to age 21. Includes children and youth in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools through 1993–94. Beginning in 1994–95, estimates exclude BIE schools. Increases since 1987–88 are due in part to legislation enacted in fall 1986, which added a mandate for public school special education services for 3- to 5-year-old children with disabilities. For more information about student disabilities, see supplemental note 7. For more information on the Commond Core of Data (CCD), see supplemental note 3. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, selected years, 1977 through 2006, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved August 1, 2008, from http://www.ideadata.org/PartBdata.asp. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1976–77 through 1980–81, and Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1981–82 through 2006–07. |
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