Table 117.

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: United States and other jurisdictions, 2006-07 and 2007-08

Age and type of disability	Exiting school						Transferred to regular education3	Moved, known to be continuing4
	Total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certifi- of attendance	Reached maximum age1	Dropped out2	Died
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2006-07
Total	394,786	221,306	64,918	5,925	100,831	1,806	66,840	213,544
Age
14	4,924	4	10	†	4,668	242	17,819	43,865
15	9,880	38	29	†	9,523	290	15,213	49,041
16	23,823	2,089	722	†	20,643	369	14,676	49,796
17	147,595	94,994	21,751	†	30,475	375	11,521	41,104
18	143,386	93,163	25,681	988	23,295	259	5,692	20,887
19	40,763	22,314	8,900	786	8,622	141	1,314	6,216
20	14,677	6,288	4,260	1,366	2,671	92	401	1,879
21	9,738	2,416	3,565	2,785	934	38	204	756
Type of disability
Autism	5,958	3,536	1,567	405	420	30	557	2,441
Deaf-blindness	181	136	12	11	14	8	5	58
Emotional disturbance	46,016	19,733	5,021	633	20,458	171	6,984	46,704
Hearing impairments	4,392	2,927	827	58	563	17	614	1,697
Intellectual disability	45,288	16,987	15,625	2,303	10,039	334	2,447	20,386
Multiple disabilities	8,328	3,780	1,990	708	1,591	259	316	4,752
Orthopedic impairments	3,546	2,113	738	128	476	91	532	1,120
Other health impairments5	35,970	22,637	4,551	235	8,280	267	8,817	19,822
Specific learning disabilities	232,114	140,795	32,852	1,283	56,614	570	36,183	110,023
Speech or language     impairments	9,048	6,028	1,088	50	1,852	30	10,009	5,147
Traumatic brain injury	2,301	1,460	400	79	348	14	171	820
Visual impairments	1,644	1,174	247	32	176	15	205	574
2007-08
Total	369,118	217,905	53,260	5,674	90,766	1,513	51,786	212,337
Age
14	3,668	3	9	†	3,455	201	13,089	43,089
15	7,985	28	33	†	7,653	271	11,768	47,994
16	20,309	1,898	629	†	17,483	299	11,675	49,661
17	135,696	92,651	15,870	†	26,883	292	9,858	41,394
18	136,818	91,325	21,036	980	23,244	233	4,025	21,806
19	40,670	23,219	8,288	517	8,543	103	960	5,981
20	14,335	6,055	4,298	1,243	2,665	74	286	1,749
21	9,637	2,726	3,097	2,934	840	40	125	663
Type of disability
Autism	7,202	4,549	1,722	401	505	25	545	2,855
Deaf-blindness	95	54	18	11	9	3	10	43
Emotional disturbance	42,502	19,400	3,973	582	18,399	148	5,201	44,158
Hearing impairments	4,213	2,936	737	65	466	9	538	1,788
Intellectual disability	41,877	15,726	14,874	1,978	9,012	287	1,788	19,648
Multiple disabilities	8,210	3,749	2,095	654	1,447	265	237	4,150
Orthopedic impairments	3,339	2,071	603	142	438	85	372	1,263
Other health impairments5	38,649	25,711	3,835	234	8,652	217	7,259	22,091
Specific learning disabilities	209,969	134,897	23,737	1,476	49,460	399	27,865	108,953
Speech or language     impairments	9,329	6,210	1,143	32	1,908	36	7,688	6,087
Traumatic brain injury	2,259	1,466	371	65	329	28	120	810
Visual impairments	1,474	1,136	152	34	141	11	163	491

†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 through any of the other bases 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database. Retrieved September 8, 2010, from https://www.ideadata.org/PartBData.asp. (This table was prepared September 2010.)