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Table 4-2. Students with disabilities served under IDEA, Part B, in the U.S. and outlying areas who
exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	9,946	0	52	0	284	7,149	2,461
15	14,818	0	48	0	307	8,306	6,157
16	26,985	1,645	615	0	366	8,812	15,547
17	119,182	73,383	14,178	0	357	8,737	22,527
18	142,294	94,966	21,039	0	266	6,112	19,911
19	51,940	32,599	8,158	0	156	2,774	8,253
20	16,737	7,863	3,832	1,053	91	1,356	2,542
21	10,851	3,613	3,086	2,676	60	668	748
14-21	392,753	214,069	51,008	3,729	1,887	43,914	78,146
22+	3,416	682	873	1,401	22	165	273
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2a. Students with specific learning disabilities served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	5,498	0	30	0	88	4,024	1,356
15	8,204	0	19	0	111	4,700	3,374
16	15,039	952	314	0	132	5,049	8,592
17	77,946	51,515	8,283	0	128	5,021	12,999
18	91,611	64,701	11,806	0	91	3,425	11,588
19	30,473	20,275	3,924	0	40	1,491	4,743
20	6,111	3,095	815	224	9	697	1,271
21	2,039	727	190	483	6	347	286
14-21	236,921	141,265	25,381	707	605	24,754	44,209
22+	482	153	51	182	1	42	53
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2b. Students with speech or language impairments served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	479	0	11	0	12	339	117
15	458	0	5	0	7	274	172
16	558	59	9	0	9	219	262
17	2,835	2,060	194	0	3	202	376
18	3,230	2,436	355	0	1	114	324
19	1,143	824	141	0	4	41	133
20	279	154	40	9	0	22	54
21	108	38	24	23	1	11	11
14-21	9,090	5,571	779	32	37	1,222	1,449
22+	36	8	0	23	0	3	2
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2c. Students with mental retardation served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	858	0	1	0	43	622	192
15	1,457	0	2	0	42	810	603
16	2,503	52	72	0	56	812	1,511
17	8,679	2,935	2,722	0	46	857	2,119
18	15,841	7,714	5,037	0	48	764	2,278
19	8,617	4,449	2,567	0	41	429	1,131
20	5,180	2,226	1,789	425	28	228	484
21	4,697	1,280	1,900	1,152	19	120	226
14-21	47,832	18,656	14,090	1,577	323	4,642	8,544
22+	1,690	243	552	690	7	51	147
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2d. Students with emotional disturbance served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	1,885	0	7	0	24	1,348	506
15	3,112	0	17	0	42	1,614	1,439
16	6,235	345	144	0	45	1,903	3,798
17	15,608	7,108	1,517	0	32	1,867	5,084
18	14,607	7,793	1,566	0	23	1,267	3,958
19	5,237	2,686	542	0	9	525	1,475
20	1,713	711	193	114	2	272	421
21	820	266	79	221	0	129	125
14-21	49,217	18,909	4,065	335	177	8,925	16,806
22+	219	44	12	107	0	32	24
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2e. Students with multiple disabilities served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	163	0	0	0	34	96	33
15	235	0	0	0	39	117	79
16	392	23	7	0	36	116	210
17	1,402	789	156	0	49	145	263
18	1,877	1,175	320	0	45	112	225
19	1,103	679	174	0	35	69	146
20	1,287	534	480	114	29	49	81
21	1,613	685	448	409	18	18	35
14-21	8,072	3,885	1,585	523	285	722	1,072
22+	523	145	117	207	12	19	23
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2f. Students with hearing impairments served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	88	0	0	0	2	71	15
15	105	0	1	0	2	70	32
16	169	29	7	0	2	69	62
17	1,339	1,035	138	0	9	51	106
18	1,807	1,366	279	0	1	35	126
19	806	558	148	0	0	22	78
20	347	200	75	19	1	12	40
21	168	76	42	32	0	3	15
14-21	4,829	3,264	690	51	17	333	474
22+	27	6	5	13	0	0	3
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2g. Students with orthopedic impairments served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	84	0	2	0	16	41	25
15	111	0	1	0	18	63	29
16	151	13	5	0	21	54	58
17	933	674	100	0	15	44	100
18	1,425	1,062	220	0	20	28	95
19	726	514	113	0	10	22	67
20	298	164	74	21	9	8	22
21	312	108	86	99	9	4	6
14-21	4,040	2,535	601	120	118	264	402
22+	77	16	22	33	0	3	3
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2h. Students with other health impairments served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	747	0	1	0	55	518	173
15	967	0	1	0	35	575	356
16	1,725	140	56	0	53	519	957
17	8,691	5,934	897	0	59	474	1,327
18	9,560	6,905	1,152	0	28	311	1,164
19	2,778	1,911	353	0	11	135	368
20	666	353	113	44	8	42	106
21	304	147	63	49	3	21	21
14-21	25,438	15,390	2,636	93	252	2,595	4,472
22+	68	19	15	25	1	3	5
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2i. Students with visual impairments served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	18	0	0	0	3	12	3
15	21	0	0	0	3	10	8
16	40	9	0	0	1	11	19
17	524	449	21	0	6	20	28
18	556	456	53	0	2	14	31
19	267	196	33	0	1	6	31
20	153	79	53	6	2	3	10
21	91	37	26	22	0	1	5
14-21	1,670	1,226	186	28	18	77	135
22+	32	10	3	15	0	2	2
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2j. Students with autism served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	73	0	0	0	3	50	20
15	71	0	2	0	5	40	24
16	78	17	1	0	4	32	24
17	659	488	95	0	4	26	46
18	933	712	163	0	3	8	47
19	448	287	109	0	2	17	33
20	513	243	162	58	0	13	37
21	559	204	189	142	2	7	15
14-21	3,334	1,951	721	200	23	193	246
22+	226	33	89	87	1	6	10
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2k. Students with deaf-blindness served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	6	0	0	0	0	3	3
15	4	0	0	0	1	2	1
16	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
17	21	16	1	0	0	0	4
18	36	30	2	0	1	2	1
19	20	11	3	0	2	1	3
20	11	4	5	1	1	0	0
21	26	4	6	14	1	1	0
14-21	126	65	17	15	7	10	12
22+	7	1	3	2	0	1	0
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.

Table 4-2l. Students with traumatic brain injury served under IDEA, Part B, in the
U.S. and outlying areas who exited school, by exit reason and age: 2003-04
Age	Exiting total	Graduated with diploma	Received a certificate	Reached maximum age	Died	Moved, not known to continue	Dropped out
14	49	0	0	0	4	27	18
15	72	0	0	0	2	30	40
16	93	6	0	0	6	27	54
17	545	380	54	0	6	30	75
18	810	616	86	0	3	32	73
19	323	209	51	0	1	16	46
20	179	100	33	18	2	10	16
21	113	40	33	30	1	5	4
14-21	2,184	1,351	257	48	25	177	326
22+	29	4	4	17	0	3	1
------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), "Report of children with disabilities exiting special education," 2003-04. Data updated as of July 30, 2005. Notes: See Part B exiting data notes for an explanation of individual state differences. "Dropped out" is defined as the total who were enrolled at some point in the reporting year, were not enrolled at the end of the reporting year and did not exit through any of the other bases described. This category includes dropouts, runaways, GED recipients, expulsions, status unknown and other exiters. "Moved, not known to continue" is defined as the total who moved out of the catchment area and are not known to be continuing in another educational program. OSEP treats these students as dropouts.