Table AB6
Number of Children Age 3-21 Served in Correctional Facilities and Parent Initiated Private Schools
Different Educational Environments
Under IDEA, Part B
During the 1998-99 School Year
ALL DISABILITIES

  -NUMBER-
STATE
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY

PRIVATE
SCHOOLS
NOT PLACED
ALABAMA 37 174
ALASKA 62 8
ARIZONA 226 387
ARKANSAS 26 81
CALIFORNIA 2,762 948
COLORADO 214 0
CONNECTICUT 376 1,115
DELAWARE 64 .
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 21 54
FLORIDA 2,032 .
GEORGIA 530 966
HAWAII 52 123
IDAHO 64 76
ILLINOIS 1,193 3,007
INDIANA 435 4,317
IOWA 282 968
KANSAS 209 874
KENTUCKY 316 493
LOUISIANA 404 1,900
MAINE . .
MARYLAND 411 165
MASSACHUSETTS 194 .
MICHIGAN 357 2,727
MINNESOTA 67 1,710
MISSISSIPPI 0 404
MISSOURI 740 1,083
MONTANA 25 16
NEBRASKA 44 800
NEVADA 87 59
NEW HAMPSHIRE 54 586
NEW JERSEY 903 12,210
NEW MEXICO 311 153
NEW YORK 415 12,883
NORTH CAROLINA 506 .
NORTH DAKOTA 11 337
OHIO 807 9,596
OKLAHOMA 99 75
OREGON 347 .
PENNSYLVANIA 762 463
PUERTO RICO 27 810
RHODE ISLAND 119 558
SOUTH CAROLINA 30 18
SOUTH DAKOTA 98 169
TENNESSEE 584 745
TEXAS 1,599 4,271
UTAH 121 6
VERMONT 18 56
VIRGINIA 503 621
WASHINGTON 446 737
WEST VIRGINIA 93 464
WISCONSIN 420 1,061
WYOMING 31 0
AMERICAN SAMOA 2 8
GUAM 4 14
NORTHERN MARIANAS 0 0
PALAU 109 121
VIRGIN ISLANDS 7 0
BUR. OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 5 .
U.S. AND OUTLYING AREAS 19,661 68,417
50 STATES, D.C. & P.R. 19,534 68,274

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Please see data notes for an explanation of individual State differences.
The number of students served in correctional facilities and in private schools not placed or referred
by public agencies are duplicate counts. These students are also reported as being served in one of
the other eight educational environments.
FACIL=FACILITY; RESID=RESIDENTIAL; HOSP=HOSPITAL; ENVIR=ENVIRONMENT
Data based on the December 1, 1997 count, updated as of September 25, 2000.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).