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Table 55.Number of children served under Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act and Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation andImprovement Act, State Operated Programs, by age group and state: 1990-91 to 1995-96 

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                      |             Birth to age 21               |Percent    |    Ages 0 to 5                    |  Percent
                      |___________________________________________|of students|___________________________________|  change,
                      |          |          |          |          |that are   |        |        |        |        |birth to 21
        State         | 1990-91  | 1993-94  | 1994-95  | 1995-96  |disabled   |1990-91 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |  1990-91
                      |          |          |          |          |1995-96\1\ |        |        |        |        |to 1995-96
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|________|________|________|________|___________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |     6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |    11
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|________|________|________|________|___________
  United States.......|4,761,742 |5,308,660 |5,377,868 |5,573,350 |      12.4 |440,661 |578,225 |518,746 |544,436 |      17.0
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|________|________|________|________|___________
Alabama ..............|   94,945 |   99,760 |   99,171 |   98,266 |      13.2 |  7,498 |  9,161 |  8,498 |  8,594 |       3.5
Alaska ...............|   14,745 |   18,006 |   17,552 |   17,604 |      13.8 |  1,813 |  2,633 |  2,068 |  2,015 |      19.4
Arizona ..............|   57,235 |   69,530 |   72,443 |   76,089 |      10.2 |  4,936 |  7,685 |  7,277 |  7,880 |      32.9
Arkansas .............|   47,835 |   53,187 |   52,637 |   53,880 |      11.9 |  5,274 |  6,972 |  6,901 |  7,520 |      12.6
California ...........|  469,282 |  533,807 |  544,018 |  565,670 |      10.2 | 40,489 | 52,061 | 51,990 | 54,795 |      20.5
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Colorado .............|   57,102 |   66,343 |   68,037 |   69,850 |      10.6 |  4,894 |  6,985 |  6,753 |  7,153 |      22.3
Connecticut ..........|   64,562 |   71,863 |   73,792 |   76,123 |      14.7 |  6,142 |  7,875 |  6,961 |  7,338 |      17.9
Delaware .............|   14,294 |   15,196 |   15,424 |   15,624 |      14.4 |  1,579 |  1,953 |  2,010 |  1,905 |       9.3
District of Columbia .|    6,290 |    6,994 |    6,627 |    7,058 |       8.8 |    411 |    600 |    338 |    387 |      12.2
Florida ..............|  236,013 |  286,772 |  294,608 |  310,184 |      14.3 | 16,387 | 29,879 | 25,177 | 27,080 |      31.4
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Georgia ..............|  101,997 |  123,143 |  129,212 |  135,042 |      10.3 |  7,333 | 11,869 | 12,789 | 13,314 |      32.4
Hawaii ...............|   13,169 |   15,348 |   15,137 |   16,029 |       8.6 |  1,273 |  1,890 |  1,199 |  1,306 |      21.7
Idaho ................|   22,017 |   23,571 |   22,868 |   23,826 |       9.8 |  3,129 |  3,657 |  2,980 |  3,091 |       8.2
Illinois .............|  239,185 |  250,829 |  250,524 |  257,427 |      13.2 | 26,122 | 27,985 | 24,258 | 25,432 |       7.6
Indiana ..............|  114,643 |  127,961 |  128,576 |  133,962 |      13.7 |  8,937 | 12,874 | 11,065 | 12,261 |      16.9
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Iowa .................|   60,695 |   63,373 |   64,028 |   65,952 |      13.1 |  6,329 |  6,633 |  5,673 |  5,838 |       8.7
Kansas ...............|   45,212 |   50,438 |   51,661 |   53,602 |      11.6 |  4,308 |  6,421 |  5,856 |  6,135 |      18.6
Kentucky .............|   79,421 |   80,539 |   80,687 |   82,887 |      12.6 | 11,008 | 13,668 | 14,009 | 14,683 |       4.4
Louisiana ............|   73,663 |   86,931 |   88,711 |   91,059 |      11.4 |  7,541 | 11,083 |  9,658 |  9,588 |      23.6
Maine ................|   27,987 |   29,350 |   30,562 |   31,870 |      14.9 |  2,895 |  2,873 |  3,220 |  3,553 |      13.9
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Maryland .............|   91,940 |   97,998 |   96,771 |  100,863 |      12.5 | 10,409 | 12,018 |  9,052 |  9,486 |       9.7
Massachusetts ........|  154,616 |  160,275 |  156,670 |  157,196 |      17.2 | 17,014 | 21,163 | 14,267 | 14,241 |       1.7
Michigan .............|  166,927 |  181,251 |  182,833 |  188,768 |      11.5 | 14,963 | 19,748 | 17,664 | 18,241 |      13.1
Minnesota ............|   80,896 |   90,850 |   93,975 |   98,311 |      11.8 | 10,529 | 12,725 | 10,758 | 10,781 |      21.5
Mississippi ..........|   60,934 |   64,153 |   65,490 |   66,804 |      13.2 |  5,704 |  5,896 |  6,449 |  6,607 |       9.6
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Missouri .............|  101,955 |  114,008 |  116,826 |  121,407 |      13.6 |  4,889 |  9,108 |  7,975 |  8,395 |      19.1
Montana ..............|   17,204 |   18,401 |   17,679 |   18,364 |      11.1 |  1,934 |  2,131 |  1,635 |  1,766 |       6.7
Nebraska .............|   32,761 |   37,203 |   38,026 |   39,201 |      13.5 |  2,961 |  3,728 |  3,311 |  3,304 |      19.7
Nevada ...............|   18,440 |   25,242 |   26,363 |   28,202 |      10.6 |  1,742 |  3,215 |  2,900 |  3,166 |      52.9
New Hampshire ........|   19,658 |   23,354 |   23,754 |   25,150 |      13.0 |  2,077 |  2,561 |  1,996 |  2,165 |      27.9
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
New Jersey ...........|  181,319 |  190,003 |  191,912 |  197,062 |      16.5 | 17,190 | 18,025 | 15,942 | 16,639 |       8.7
New Mexico ...........|   36,037 |   43,474 |   45,364 |   47,578 |      14.4 |  2,247 |  3,631 |  4,116 |  4,563 |      32.0
New York .............|  307,458 |  365,697 |  374,361 |  394,104 |      14.0 | 26,353 | 46,243 | 45,009 | 47,972 |      28.2
North Carolina .......|  123,126 |  136,513 |  139,513 |  147,078 |      12.4 | 10,700 | 15,042 | 15,133 | 16,671 |      19.5
North Dakota .........|   12,504 |   12,440 |   12,176 |   12,355 |      10.4 |  1,374 |  1,336 |  1,119 |  1,169 |      -1.2
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Ohio .................|  205,440 |  219,875 |  223,640 |  227,529 |      12.4 | 12,487 | 16,347 | 18,193 | 18,204 |      10.8
Oklahoma .............|   65,653 |   73,130 |   70,809 |   71,728 |      11.6 |  5,359 |  6,627 |  4,970 |  5,312 |       9.3
Oregon ...............|   55,149 |   63,212 |   59,363 |   65,022 |      12.3 |  3,581 |  5,859 |  4,774 |  6,097 |      17.9
Pennsylvania .........|  219,428 |  211,422 |  207,436 |  211,711 |      11.8 | 23,156 | 24,312 | 19,715 | 20,680 |      -3.5
Rhode Island .........|   21,076 |   23,582 |   23,693 |   25,072 |      16.7 |  2,112 |  2,798 |  2,131 |  2,333 |      19.0
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
South Carolina .......|   77,765 |   81,930 |   82,626 |   86,522 |      13.4 |  8,346 | 10,571 |  9,904 | 10,319 |      11.3
South Dakota .........|   14,987 |   15,907 |   15,755 |   15,512 |      10.7 |  2,366 |  2,518 |  2,227 |  2,176 |       3.5
Tennessee ............|  104,898 |  119,146 |  123,753 |  126,461 |      14.1 |  7,536 | 11,799 |  9,825 | 10,151 |      20.6
Texas ................|  350,636 |  411,917 |  420,540 |  441,543 |      11.8 | 30,955 | 38,059 | 30,647 | 32,262 |      25.9
Utah .................|   47,747 |   51,950 |   51,218 |   52,463 |      11.0 |  4,565 |  5,256 |  4,568 |  4,861 |       9.9
                      |          |          |          |          |           |        |        |        |        |
Vermont ..............|   12,263 |   10,513 |   10,718 |   11,242 |      10.6 |  1,200 |  1,232 |  1,184 |  1,215 |      -8.3
Virginia .............|  113,971 |  131,599 |  136,166 |  141,759 |      13.1 | 11,791 | 14,271 | 12,746 | 13,284 |      24.4
Washington ...........|   85,395 |  101,254 |  104,483 |  106,890 |      11.2 | 11,409 | 14,392 | 12,830 | 12,565 |      25.2
West Virginia ........|   43,135 |   44,528 |   45,315 |   46,487 |      15.1 |  3,630 |  5,298 |  4,461 |  4,842 |       7.8
Wisconsin ............|   86,930 |  102,412 |  102,215 |  106,413 |      12.2 | 12,213 | 15,648 | 13,070 | 13,545 |      22.4
Wyoming ..............|   11,202 |   12,480 |   12,150 |   12,549 |      12.6 |  1,571 |  1,911 |  1,495 |  1,556 |      12.0
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|________|________|________|________|___________

\1\Percent based on the enrollment in public schools, prekindergarten through 12th grade.

NOTE.--Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly known as the Education of the Handicapped Act, now extends the right to a free and appropriate education to 3- to 5-year-old disabled children.

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, various years, and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 1997.)



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