The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) released a new OSEP Fast Facts: Children Identified with Intellectual Disability, which explores our Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 618 data. This Fast Fact takes a closer look at our data on children whose primary disability is intellectual disability.
Highlights from OSEP Fast Facts: Children Identified with Intellectual Disability
In School Year (SY) 2021-22:
- The percentage of students with disabilities identified with intellectual disability was 6.02%. States reported a range from 2.29% to 14.82% of students with disabilities identified with intellectual disability.
- Students identified with intellectual disability were more likely to be an English Learner than all students with disabilities (13.16% and 11.8%).
- Students identified with intellectual disability were more likely to be served inside a regular class less than 40% of the day than all students with disabilities (13% and 47%).
- When compared to all students with disabilities, Black or African American students were more likely to be identified with intellectual disability (25.62% and 17.01%), and White students were less likely to be identified with intellectual disability (37.61% and 45.43%).
- Students identified [...]