IOWA
For Each Educational Environment, What Is the Disability Distribution of
Students (Ages 6-21) in that Environment? How Does the Distribution Compare Across
Environment Categories? How does the Distribution Compare Across Age Groups?
Ages 6-11
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	49.8	59.5	42.2	37.6	52.3
Speech/Language Impairments	23.1	7.7	5.9	4.9	15.6
Mental Retardation	13.5	17.4	25.4	21.9	16.3
Emotional Disturbance	8.4	9.6	15.4	24.1	9.8
Multiple Disabilities	0.4	0.5	1.5	1.2	0.6
Hearing Impairments	1.2	1.1	1.7	3.9	1.2
Orthopedic Impairments	1.2	1.4	1.8	0.7	1.3
Other Health Impairments	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.6
Visual Impairments	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2
Autism	1.3	1.7	4.6	3.9	1.8
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	15,047	10,171	3,026	407	28,651

Ages 12-17
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	62.4	61.0	42.8	34.7	57.1
Speech/Language Impairments	8.3	6.6	5.0	4.2	6.8
Mental Retardation	14.0	16.8	28.4	18.5	17.9
Emotional Disturbance	9.6	10.6	16.8	35.2	12.4
Multiple Disabilities	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.5
Hearing Impairments	1.2	0.9	0.9	2.5	1.1
Orthopedic Impairments	1.6	1.3	1.6	0.9	1.5
Other Health Impairments	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.5
Visual Impairments	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.2
Autism	1.3	1.3	2.5	1.8	1.5
Deaf-Blindness	<0.1	0.0	<0.1	0.0	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.4
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	13,451	14,176	6,393	1,615	35,635

Ages 18-21
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	64.8	58.9	35.5	34.0	52.0
Speech/Language Impairments	6.0	5.5	4.2	3.1	5.1
Mental Retardation	13.8	21.0	36.5	33.5	24.1
Emotional Disturbance	9.8	10.1	11.8	13.5	10.8
Multiple Disabilities	0.2	<0.1	3.4	3.6	1.4
Hearing Impairments	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.9	1.2
Orthopedic Impairments	2.0	2.0	2.2	1.8	2.1
Other Health Impairments	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2
Visual Impairments	0.2	<0.1	0.1	3.6	0.5
Autism	1.5	1.3	3.8	2.9	2.2
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.4	<0.1	1.3	0.0	0.5
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	1,127	1,088	904	385	3,504
Separate Facilities includes public and private separate schools, public and private residential facilities, and homebound/hospital environments.   For each column, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the disability category by the number in all disability categories combined and then multiplying by 100.  The columns sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Disability, What Percent of Students (Age 6-21) are Served in Each
Educational Environment? How Does this Percentage Compare Across
Disability Categories? How does this Percentage Compare Across Age Groups?
Ages 6-11
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	50.0	40.4	8.5	1.0	100.0	14,972
Speech/Language Impairments	78.0	17.5	4.0	0.4	100.0	4,463
Mental Retardation	43.7	37.9	16.5	1.9	100.0	4,661
Emotional Disturbance	45.1	34.8	16.6	3.5	100.0	2,810
Multiple Disabilities	39.3	30.4	27.4	3.0	100.0	168
Hearing Impairments	51.1	29.9	14.5	4.5	100.0	358
Orthopedic Impairments	47.0	37.9	14.2	0.8	100.0	372
Other Health Impairments	45.9	40.1	13.4	0.6	100.0	172
Visual Impairments	60.6	25.8	7.6	6.1	100.0	66
Autism	37.7	32.6	26.7	3.0	100.0	525
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	1
Traumatic Brain Injury	44.6	39.8	14.5	1.2	100.0	83
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	52.5	35.5	10.6	1.4	100.0	28,651

Ages 12-17
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	41.3	42.5	13.5	2.8	100.0	20,334
Speech/Language Impairments	45.9	38.3	13.1	2.8	100.0	2,435
Mental Retardation	29.5	37.3	28.5	4.7	100.0	6,378
Emotional Disturbance	29.2	33.8	24.2	12.8	100.0	4,435
Multiple Disabilities	30.4	31.9	27.7	9.9	100.0	191
Hearing Impairments	41.4	33.2	15.2	10.2	100.0	394
Orthopedic Impairments	41.1	36.2	20.0	2.7	100.0	525
Other Health Impairments	38.0	47.6	12.3	2.1	100.0	187
Visual Impairments	47.7	28.4	10.2	13.6	100.0	88
Autism	31.4	33.5	29.7	5.4	100.0	538
Deaf-Blindness	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	100.0	2
Traumatic Brain Injury	35.2	33.6	28.9	2.3	100.0	128
All Disabilities	37.7	39.8	17.9	4.5	100.0	35,635

Ages 18-21
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	40.0	35.2	17.6	7.2	100.0	1,823
Speech/Language Impairments	38.2	33.7	21.3	6.7	100.0	178
Mental Retardation	18.4	27.2	39.1	15.3	100.0	843
Emotional Disturbance	29.0	29.0	28.2	13.7	100.0	379
Multiple Disabilities	4.2	2.1	64.6	29.2	100.0	48
Hearing Impairments	33.3	14.3	16.7	35.7	100.0	42
Orthopedic Impairments	31.9	30.6	27.8	9.7	100.0	72
Other Health Impairments	25.0	37.5	37.5	0.0	100.0	8
Visual Impairments	11.1	5.6	5.6	77.8	100.0	18
Autism	22.4	18.4	44.7	14.5	100.0	76
Deaf-Blindness	.	.	.	.	.	0
Traumatic Brain Injury	23.5	5.9	70.6	0.0	100.0	17
All Disabilities	32.2	31.1	25.8	11.0	100.0	3,504
Separate Facilities includes public and private separate schools, public and private residential facilities, and homebound/hospital environments.   For each row, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the environment by the number in all environments combined and then multiplying by 100.  The rows sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Preschool Environment, What Is the Disability Distribution of Children (Ages 3-5) in that Environment?
How Does the Distribution Compare Across Environment Categories?
Disability	Early Childhood	Early Childhood Special Education	Home	Part-time Early Childhood Special Education	Separate Facility	Itinerant Services Outside Home	Reverse Mainstream	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	53.1	54.4	47.5	56.8	36.7	28.7	59.0	48.8
Speech/Language Impairments	17.3	11.5	26.1	8.9	10.0	55.9	9.0	22.5
Mental Retardation	15.2	17.6	13.4	17.5	33.3	8.2	16.8	14.9
Emotional Disturbance	8.8	9.6	7.7	9.6	10.0	4.7	9.7	8.3
Multiple Disabilities	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.7	0.2	0.6	0.5
Hearing Impairments	1.5	2.3	1.9	2.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.6
Orthopedic Impairments	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.1
Other Health Impairments	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	<0.1	0.0	0.3
Visual Impairments	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3
Autism	1.4	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	0.6	1.6	1.5
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	<0.1	0.3	0.3
Developmental Delay	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	1,391	1,809	261	753	30	1,219	310	5,773
Separate Facility includes residential facilities and separate schools.   The "Itinerant Services Outside Home" and "Reverse Mainstream" environments are optional categories that states can use when reporting data.   For each column, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the disability category by the number in all disability categories combined and then multiplying by 100.  The columns sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Disability, What Percent of Children (Ages 3-5) are Served in Each Preschool Environment?
How Does this Percentage Compare Across Disability Categories?
Disability	Early Childhood	Early Childhood Special Education	Home	Part-time Early Childhood Special Education	Separate Facility	Itinerant Services Outside Home	Reverse Mainstream	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	26.2	34.9	4.4	15.2	0.4	12.4	6.5	100.0	2,819
Speech/Language Impairments	18.6	16.0	5.2	5.2	0.2	52.6	2.2	100.0	1,297
Mental Retardation	24.6	37.1	4.1	15.4	1.2	11.6	6.1	100.0	859
Emotional Disturbance	25.5	36.4	4.2	15.1	0.6	11.9	6.3	100.0	478
Multiple Disabilities	24.1	34.5	3.4	13.8	6.9	10.3	6.9	100.0	29
Hearing Impairments	22.6	44.1	5.4	18.3	0.0	6.5	3.2	100.0	93
Orthopedic Impairments	30.6	32.3	4.8	12.9	0.0	14.5	4.8	100.0	62
Other Health Impairments	40.0	40.0	0.0	13.3	0.0	6.7	0.0	100.0	15
Visual Impairments	23.5	23.5	5.9	11.8	0.0	17.6	17.6	100.0	17
Autism	21.6	42.0	2.3	19.3	1.1	8.0	5.7	100.0	88
Deaf-Blindness	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
Traumatic Brain Injury	18.8	31.3	12.5	25.0	0.0	6.3	6.3	100.0	16
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
All Disabilities	24.1	31.3	4.5	13.0	0.5	21.1	5.4	100.0	5,773
Separate Facility includes residential facilities and separate schools.   The "Itinerant Services Outside Home" and "Reverse Mainstream" environments are optional categories that states can use when reporting data.   For each row, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the environment by the number in all environments combined and then multiplying by 100.  The rows sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

IOWA (continued)
How Will the OSEP Graduation Rate Change When the
"Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" Category is Eliminated?
Disability	Number Leaving School (Current)	Number Moved, Not Known to Continue	Number Leaving School (new)	Number of Diplomas	2001-02 Graduation Rate (current)	2001-02 Graduation Rate (new)	Difference in Graduation Rate
Specific Learning Disabilities	2,314	340	2,654	1,735	75	65	-10
Speech/Language Impairments	7	2	9	7	100	78	-22
Mental Retardation	798	118	916	629	79	69	-10
Emotional Disturbance	550	134	684	327	59	48	-12
Multiple Disabilities	19	1	20	13	68	65	-3
Hearing Impairments	34	9	43	28	82	65	-17
Orthopedic Impairments	44	2	46	40	91	87	-4
Other Health Impairments	10	1	11	8	80	73	-7
Visual Impairments	14	0	14	13	93	93	0
Autism	14	1	15	13	93	87	-6
Deaf-Blindness	0	0	0	0	.	.	.
Traumatic Brain Injury	12	1	13	11	92	85	-7
All Disabilities	3,816	609	4,425	2,824	74	64	-10
As described in the September 12, 2003 memo from Stephanie Lee, OSEP will modify its GRPA calculations for the graduation and dropout rates.  Beginning with the exiting data for 2003-04, students reported in the "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" category will be treated as dropouts.  When calculating the graduation rate, students in this category will be included in the denominator. When calculating the dropout rate, students in this category will be included in both the numerator and the denominator.   Current Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts, certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   New Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts (including moved, not known to continue), certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   Current Graduation Rate = [Diploma Recipients ÷ Number Leaving School (current)] * 100.   New Graduation Rate = [Diploma Recipients ÷ Number Leaving School (new)] * 100.   Difference in Graduation Rate = New Graduation Rate - Current Graduation Rate. Difference calculated prior to rounding.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2001-02 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

IOWA (continued)
How Will the OSEP Drop Out Rate Change When the
"Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" Category is Eliminated?
Disability	Number Leaving School (Current)	Number Moved, Not Known to Continue	Number Leaving School (new)	Number of Dropouts (current)	Number of Dropouts (new)	2001-02 Dropout Rate (current)	2001-02 Dropout Rate (new)	Difference in Dropout Rate
Specific Learning Disabilities	2,314	340	2,654	519	859	22	32	10
Speech/Language Impairments	7	2	9	0	2	0	22	22
Mental Retardation	798	118	916	142	260	18	28	11
Emotional Disturbance	550	134	684	205	339	37	50	12
Multiple Disabilities	19	1	20	1	2	5	10	5
Hearing Impairments	34	9	43	5	14	15	33	18
Orthopedic Impairments	44	2	46	2	4	5	9	4
Other Health Impairments	10	1	11	2	3	20	27	7
Visual Impairments	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
Autism	14	1	15	1	2	7	13	6
Deaf-Blindness	0	0	0	0	0	.	.	.
Traumatic Brain Injury	12	1	13	1	2	8	15	7
All Disabilities	3,816	609	4,425	878	1,487	23	34	11
As described in the September 12, 2003 memo from Stephanie Lee, OSEP will modify its GRPA calculations for the graduation and dropout rates.  Beginning with the exiting data for 2003-04, students reported in the "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" category will be treated as dropouts.  When calculating the graduation rate, students in this category will be included in the denominator. When calculating the dropout rate, students in this category will be included in both the numerator and the denominator.   Current Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts, certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   New Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts (including moved, not known to continue), certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   Current Number of Dropouts includes only the "Dropped Out" exiting category.   New Number of Dropouts includes the "Dropped Out" and "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" exiting categories.   Current Dropout Rate = [Number of Dropouts (current) ÷ Number Leaving School (current)] * 100.   New Dropout Rate = [Number of Dropouts (new) ÷ Number Leaving School (new)] * 100.   Difference in Dropout Rate = New Dropout Rate - Current Dropout Rate.  Difference calculated prior to rounding.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2001-02 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).