Special Education Child Count

Disability Codes

The following (effective January 2010) are used by VDOE for federal and/or state reporting and for determining certain state funding

AUT	Autism (can include certain areas under Autism Spectrum Disorder)
DB	Deaf Blindness
DD	Developmental Delay
ED	Emotional Disturbance (can include Emotional Disability)
HI	Hearing Impairment (can include Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
ID	Intellectual Disabilities (effective July 2009)
MD	Multiple Disabilities
MR	Mental Retardation (discontinued effective July 2009)
OHI	Other Health Impairment
OI	Orthopedic Impairment
SD	Severe Disability (discontinued effective July 2009)
SLD	Specific Learning Disability
SLI	Speech or Language Impairment
TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury

More information including individual disability categories, their definitions in state special education regulations and eligibility criteria is available.

School divisions are required to report an unduplicated count of students with disabilities receiving special education on Dec. 1 (or the closest school day to Dec. 1) for state funding and federal reporting under provisions the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B.

Special Education Child Count Reports

Numbers less than 10 have been suppressed in the Child Count reports. The symbol < represents a number less than 10 that has been suppressed.

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Previous years Child Count data was reported in PDF format only:
- 2010 (PDF)
- 2009 (PDF)
- 2008 (PDF)
- 2007 (PDF)
- 2006 (PDF)
- 2005 (PDF)
- 2004 (PDF)
- 2003 (PDF)
- 2002 (PDF)
- 2001 (PDF)

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