Ed Department: More Students Being Served Under IDEA

24th February, 2020

28 February 2020, News, Newsletter, Special Ed, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop]

The number of American schoolchildren receiving special education services is on the rise and they’re increasingly being served in mainstream classrooms at least part of the day.

More than 6.1 million students across the country ages 6 to 21 — or 9.2 percent of all kids — were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available. That’s up from 8.6 percent of children in 2008.

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