ARIZONA
For each age or age group:
•How many children are served under IDEA, Part C and Part B?
•What percentage of the population is served?
•Does the percentage served differ by age or over time?
  Child Count
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 375 560 417 453 491
1 950 1,002 1,035 1,147 1,266
2 1,195 1,379 1,472 1,887 1,968
3 1,866 1,950 2,242 2,501 2,797
4 3,287 3,330 3,671 4,000 4,331
5 3,923 3,864 3,993 4,409 4,824
6-11 42,766 43,369 44,118 44,953 47,524
12-17 37,431 39,936 42,670 44,876 47,736
18-21 4,060 3,993 4,192 4,382 4,913


 

  Population
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 77,506 78,103 86,631 87,249 88,396
1 74,675 77,475 81,965 88,249 88,828
2 74,931 76,700 80,079 83,677 89,915
3 74,048 76,109 79,381 81,847 85,388
4 74,927 77,119 78,821 81,224 83,645
5 76,585 77,082 79,902 80,715 83,098
6-11 452,193 472,454 488,540 496,848 504,235
12-17 430,829 442,382 461,278 479,489 495,807
18-21 292,689 300,901 303,675 304,896 306,925


 

  Percent of Population Served
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 0.48 0.72 0.48 0.52 0.56
1 1.27 1.29 1.26 1.30 1.43
2 1.59 1.80 1.84 2.26 2.19
3 2.52 2.56 2.82 3.06 3.28
4 4.39 4.32 4.66 4.92 5.18
5 5.12 5.01 5.00 5.46 5.81
6-11 9.46 9.18 9.03 9.05 9.42
12-17 8.69 9.03 9.25 9.36 9.63
18-21 1.39 1.33 1.38 1.44 1.60
 
 
Percentage = Number of children served under IDEA ÷ Number of children in the population who are in that age group multiplied by 100.
 
    Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS),
    "Report of children with disabilities receiving special education under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities
    Education Act," 1998-2003 and "Report of children with disabilities receiving special education under Part B of the
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 2003.  Data updated as of July 30, 2004.
 
    U.S. Bureau of Census, Population data for 2000 through 2003, retrieved October 2004 from
    http://www.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/STCH-6R.CSV.  Population data for 1999 retrieved April 2004  from
    http://www/census.gov/popest/archives/EST90INTERCENSAL/STCH-Intercensal/STCH-ICEN1990.txt through
    STCH-ICEN1999.txt/.


 

ARIZONA (continued)
For each age group:
•How many children are served in each program setting or educational environment?
•What percentage of children with disabilities is served in each program setting or educational environment?
•Has the percentage in each program setting or educational environment changed over time?
  Ages Birth Through 2
  Number Percentage1
Program Setting 1999 2000 2001 2002 20032 1999 2000 2001 2002 20032
Programs for typically developing children 0 0 0 3 . 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 .
Home 1,606 2,086 2,121 2,960 . 63.73 70.93 72.54 84.89 .
Programs for children with developmental delays or disabilities 95 61 53 43 . 3.77 2.07 1.81 1.23 .
Other Setting3 819 794 750 481 . 32.50 27.00 25.65 13.79 .
Total Reported by Setting 2,520 2,941 2,924 3,487 . 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 .


 

  Ages 3-5
  Number Percentage1
Educational Environment 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Early Childhood Setting 3,349 3,491 3,639 3,894 4,063 36.90 38.18 36.74 35.69 33.99
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education 2,534 2,383 2,400 2,111 1,600 27.92 26.06 24.23 19.35 13.39
Home 25 27 32 7 4 0.28 0.30 0.32 0.06 <0.05
Separate School/Facility4 3,037 3,090 3,734 4,833 6,176 33.46 33.79 37.69 44.30 51.67
Itinerant Services Outside Home* 131 153 101 21 23 1.44 1.67 1.02 0.19 0.19
Reverse Mainstream Setting* 0 0 0 44 86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.72
Total Reported by Environment 9,076 9,144 9,906 10,910 11,952 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00


 

  Ages 6-21
  Number Percentage1
Educational Environment 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Outside Regular Class <21% of Day 40,918 42,086 43,380 44,931 48,072 48.09 48.21 47.68 47.69 47.99
Outside Regular Class 21-60% of Day 26,900 27,337 28,641 29,722 31,496 31.62 31.31 31.48 31.55 31.44
Outside Regular Class >60% of Day 14,717 15,402 16,074 16,946 17,827 17.30 17.64 17.67 17.99 17.80
Separate School/Facility5 2,545 2,473 2,885 2,612 2,778 2.99 2.83 3.17 2.77 2.77
Total Reported by Environment 85,080 87,298 90,980 94,211 100,173 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
 
*Denotes optional reporting category.
1For each age group, Percentage = Number of children reported in the program setting or education environment ÷ Total number of children reported for each age group multiplied by 100.
22003 Part C data are not available.
3For Ages birth-2, the other setting row includes children served in hospitals (inpatient), residential facilities, service provider locations, and other settings not already listed.
4For Ages 3-5, Separate School/Facility includes early childhood special education settings, residential facilities, and separate facilities.
5For Ages 6-21, Separate School/Facility includes students reported in public and private separate schools, public and private residential facilities and home/hospital.
 
    Sources:U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of Program Settings Where Early Intervention
    Services are Provided to Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families in Accordance with Part C," 1999-2000 and "Part B, Individuals with
    Disabilities Education Act Implementation of FAPE Requirements," 1999-2003.  Data updated as of July 30, 2004.


 

ARIZONA (continued)
For each disability:
•How many children ages 3 through 21 were subject to disciplinary removal >10 days during 2002-03?
•How many children per 1,000 children were subject to disciplinary removal?
  Children Unilaterally Removed
by School Personnel for
Drugs/Weapons		 Children Removed by Hearing
Officer for Likely Injury		 Children Suspended/Expelled
>10 Days During School Year		 Children Ages
3 - 21 Served
under IDEA,
Part B
Disability N N per 1000
Children		 N N per 1000
Children		 N N per 1000
Children		 N
Mental Retardation 17 2.14 0 0.00 27 3.40 7,940
Hearing Impairments 11 6.24 0 0.00 10 5.67 1,764
Speech or Language Impairments 10 0.53 0 0.00 23 1.23 18,741
Visual Impairments 1 1.50 0 0.00 1 1.50 667
Emotional Disturbance 96 13.76 0 0.00 155 22.22 6,977
Orthopedic Impairments 1 1.47 0 0.00 2 2.94 681
Other Health Impairments 7 2.40 0 0.00 31 10.61 2,922
Specific Learning Disabilities 427 7.88 0 0.00 645 11.91 54,165
Deaf-Blindness 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 80
Multiple Disabilities 1 0.59 0 0.00 1 0.59 1,698
Autism 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.06 1,880
Traumatic Brain Injury 3 9.40 0 0.00 5 15.67 319
Developmental Delay 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 7,287
Total, ages 3-21 574 5.46 0 0.00 902 8.58 105,121
 
For each disability, the number of children per 1,000 children was calculated by dividing the number of children in the discipline category by the total
number of children in disability for the same school year, and multiplying the result by 1,000.
 
    Source:  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of Children with Disabilities
    Unilaterally Removed or Suspended/Expelled for More then 10 Days," 2002-03 and "Report of children, with disabilities receiving special education
    under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 2002.  Data updated as of July 30, 2004.