ILLINOIS
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 1,086 1,450 998 1,291 1,675
1 2,818 3,922 3,365 3,398 4,055
2 4,200 6,134 5,658 6,217 7,410
3 5,056 5,679 6,150 6,661 6,532
4 9,346 9,662 10,184 11,056 11,601
5 13,287 13,446 13,312 13,672 14,585
6-11 131,347 133,378 134,135 132,115 132,360
12-17 117,140 123,364 129,527 133,587 138,588
18-21 11,299 11,787 12,689 13,169 14,445


 

  Population
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 173,288 176,140 183,585 181,385 180,956
1 174,448 173,213 174,720 182,171 180,326
2 174,845 174,413 172,583 173,555 181,352
3 176,329 174,094 173,895 171,543 172,903
4 183,055 179,888 173,706 172,957 170,978
5 186,014 182,115 179,614 172,896 172,485
6-11 1,108,602 1,119,440 1,115,228 1,100,922 1,083,137
12-17 1,061,709 1,067,337 1,071,561 1,079,760 1,088,469
18-21 709,746 709,963 718,761 716,766 714,076


 

  Percent of Population Served
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 0.63 0.82 0.54 0.71 0.93
1 1.62 2.26 1.93 1.87 2.25
2 2.40 3.52 3.28 3.58 4.09
3 2.87 3.26 3.54 3.88 3.78
4 5.11 5.37 5.86 6.39 6.79
5 7.14 7.38 7.41 7.91 8.46
6-11 11.85 11.91 12.03 12.00 12.22
12-17 11.03 11.56 12.09 12.37 12.73
18-21 1.59 1.66 1.77 1.84 2.02
 
 
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/.


 

ILLINOIS (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 90 158 154 472 . 1.16 1.45 1.54 4.33 .
Home 3,536 7,084 7,036 8,021 . 45.59 64.81 70.21 73.55 .
Programs for children with developmental delays or disabilities 2,526 2,038 1,353 1,321 . 32.57 18.65 13.50 12.11 .
Other Setting3 1,604 1,650 1,478 1,092 . 20.68 15.10 14.75 10.01 .
Total Reported by Setting 7,756 10,930 10,021 10,906 . 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 14,488 15,372 16,066 17,192 18,377 52.32 53.40 54.19 54.77 56.17
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education 3,997 4,373 11,468 12,107 12,371 14.44 15.19 38.68 38.57 37.81
Home 11 22 26 36 25 <0.05 0.08 0.09 0.11 0.08
Separate School/Facility4 9,193 9,020 2,086 2,054 1,945 33.20 31.33 7.04 6.54 5.94
Itinerant Services Outside Home* 0 0 0 0 . 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 .
Reverse Mainstream Setting* 0 0 0 0 . 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 .
Total Reported by Environment 27,689 28,787 29,646 31,389 32,718 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00


 

  Ages 6-21
  Number Percentage1
Educational Environment 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Outside Regular Class <21% of Day 97,002 97,734 108,686 116,619 124,102 37.34 36.40 39.33 41.82 43.48
Outside Regular Class 21-60% of Day 72,822 77,739 77,394 75,394 74,903 28.03 28.95 28.01 27.04 26.25
Outside Regular Class >60% of Day 73,816 76,674 73,704 70,344 69,790 28.41 28.55 26.67 25.22 24.45
Separate School/Facility5 16,146 16,382 16,567 16,514 16,598 6.22 6.10 5.99 5.92 5.82
Total Reported by Environment 259,786 268,529 276,351 278,871 285,393 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
 
*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.


 

ILLINOIS (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 8 0.28 3 0.11 81 2.86 28,363
Hearing Impairments 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 1.02 3,909
Speech or Language Impairments 1 <0.05 1 <0.05 29 0.39 74,246
Visual Impairments 2 1.73 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,157
Emotional Disturbance 67 2.19 40 1.31 256 8.36 30,631
Orthopedic Impairments 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2,994
Other Health Impairments 4 0.28 2 0.14 41 2.84 14,441
Specific Learning Disabilities 120 0.86 57 0.41 423 3.03 139,582
Deaf-Blindness 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 16.67 60
Multiple Disabilities 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 24.74 485
Autism 1 0.16 0 0.00 0 0.00 6,125
Traumatic Brain Injury 0 0.00 1 1.24 2 2.48 808
Developmental Delay 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 7,459
Total, ages 3-21 203 0.65 104 0.34 849 2.74 310,260
 
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.