LOUISIANA
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
0 267 298 319 331 460
1 689 748 750 830 1,088
2 1,009 1,121 1,242 1,322 1,950
3 1,583 1,767 1,713 1,888 1,978
4 3,370 3,322 3,468 3,670 3,919
5 4,718 4,868 4,880 5,211 5,489
6-11 41,288 41,872 41,835 41,958 42,385
12-17 40,593 40,984 42,097 42,743 42,771
18-21 5,080 5,125 5,332 5,472 5,391


 

  Population
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 64,309 64,214 66,187 66,922 68,206
1 64,234 63,676 63,665 65,670 66,313
2 63,528 63,670 62,871 63,231 65,159
3 61,812 62,450 62,900 62,472 62,737
4 63,478 63,330 61,729 62,531 62,013
5 66,791 63,979 62,648 61,412 62,116
6-11 410,485 409,710 400,203 392,019 382,708
12-17 428,866 424,887 417,615 412,928 408,303
18-21 292,685 288,277 291,270 290,109 287,931


 

  Percent of Population Served
Age 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0 0.42 0.46 0.48 0.49 0.67
1 1.07 1.17 1.18 1.26 1.64
2 1.59 1.76 1.98 2.09 2.99
3 2.56 2.83 2.72 3.02 3.15
4 5.31 5.25 5.62 5.87 6.32
5 7.06 7.61 7.79 8.49 8.84
6-11 10.06 10.22 10.45 10.70 11.08
12-17 9.47 9.65 10.08 10.35 10.48
18-21 1.74 1.78 1.83 1.89 1.87
 
 
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/.


 

LOUISIANA (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 41 18 7 9 . 2.09 0.83 0.30 0.36 .
Home 1,462 1,909 2,071 2,240 . 74.40 88.09 89.61 90.21 .
Programs for children with developmental delays or disabilities 132 84 86 64 . 6.72 3.88 3.72 2.58 .
Other Setting3 330 156 147 170 . 16.79 7.20 6.36 6.85 .
Total Reported by Setting 1,965 2,167 2,311 2,483 . 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 5,853 5,557 5,936 2,559 2,857 60.52 55.81 59.00 23.76 25.09
Pt Early Childhood/Pt Special Education 184 2 0 790 1,503 1.90 <0.05 0.00 7.34 13.20
Home 264 251 250 246 285 2.73 2.52 2.48 2.28 2.50
Separate School/Facility4 3,370 4,147 3,875 3,836 3,337 34.85 41.65 38.52 35.62 29.31
Itinerant Services Outside Home* 0 0 0 3,314 3,323 0.00 0.00 0.00 30.77 29.18
Reverse Mainstream Setting* 0 0 0 24 81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.71
Total Reported by Environment 9,671 9,957 10,061 10,769 11,386 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00


 

  Ages 6-21
  Number Percentage1
Educational Environment 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Outside Regular Class <21% of Day 34,752 39,098 41,493 43,050 45,609 39.96 44.46 46.48 47.74 50.37
Outside Regular Class 21-60% of Day 22,085 19,793 20,148 21,661 23,171 25.40 22.51 22.57 24.02 25.59
Outside Regular Class >60% of Day 27,509 26,747 25,385 23,184 19,659 31.63 30.41 28.44 25.71 21.71
Separate School/Facility5 2,615 2,308 2,238 2,278 2,108 3.01 2.62 2.51 2.53 2.33
Total Reported by Environment 86,961 87,946 89,264 90,173 90,547 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
 
*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.


 

LOUISIANA (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 33 2.84 0 0.00 172 14.81 11,615
Hearing Impairments 1 0.70 0 0.00 3 2.11 1,422
Speech or Language Impairments 6 0.24 0 0.00 19 0.76 25,027
Visual Impairments 1 2.14 0 0.00 3 6.41 468
Emotional Disturbance 81 15.59 0 0.00 241 46.39 5,195
Orthopedic Impairments 1 0.65 0 0.00 3 1.96 1,533
Other Health Impairments 31 3.38 0 0.00 133 14.50 9,175
Specific Learning Disabilities 167 4.67 0 0.00 637 17.82 35,739
Deaf-Blindness 1 76.92 0 0.00 0 0.00 13
Multiple Disabilities 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.94 1,065
Autism 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,698
Traumatic Brain Injury 1 3.25 0 0.00 0 0.00 308
Developmental Delay 5 0.65 0 0.00 4 0.52 7,684
Total, ages 3-21 328 3.25 0 0.00 1,216 12.05 100,942
 
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.