Special Education Child Count
School divisions are required to report an unduplicated count of students with disabilities receiving special education on December 1 (or the closest school day to December 1) for state funding and federal reporting under provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B.
- Resources:
- December 1 Child Count Specifications Document-This is a Word document.
- December 1 Child Count Placement Codes-This is a Word document.
- Regular Class Percent Chart-This is a Word document.
- Calculation Tool for Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- Considerations for Reporting Service Time and Regular Class Percent During COVID-This is a Word document.
- Indicator 6 Reporting Considerations during COVID-19-This is a Word document.
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 |
| VI | Visual Impairment (including blindness) |
More information including individual disability categories, their definitions in state special education regulations and eligibility criteria is available.