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EDFacts Special Education/IDEA 2011-12

Description

EDFacts Special Education/IDEA 2011-12 (EDFacts SE/IDEA:2011-12) is one of 17 'topics' identified in the EDFacts documentation (in this database, each 'topic' is entered as a separate study); program data is available since 2005 at . EDFacts SE/IDEA:2011-12 (ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts) annually collects cross-sectional data from states about students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended, and special education programs and their staff at the LEA and state levels. EDFacts SE/IDEA:2011-12 data were collected using the EDFacts Submission System (ESS), a centralized portal and their submission by states is mandatory and required for benefits. Not submitting the required reports by a state constitutes a failure to comply with law and may have consequences for federal funding to the state. Key statistics produced from EDFacts SE/IDEA:2011-12 are from 14 data groups with information on IDEA - Student Count - Early Childhood, IDEA - Student Count - School Age, IDEA - Alternate Assessment Caps (1%/2%), IDEA - Not Participating in Assessments, IDEA - Exiting Special Education, IDEA - Suspensions/Expulsions, IDEA - Disciplinary Removals, IDEA - Total Disciplinary Removals, IDEA - Removal to Interim Alternative Educational Setting, IDEA - Reasons for Unilateral Removal, Educational Services During Expulsion, Special Education Teachers (FTE), Special Education Paraprofessionals (FTE), Special Education Related Services Personnel. For the purposes of this system, data groups are referred to as 'variables', as a result of the structure and format of EDFacts' data.

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