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Part B Annual Performance Report
2002-2003

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Appendix 13e

Type of Preschool Special Education Services
Provided to Preschool Children with Disabilities
By Need Resource/Capacity Category
of School Districts and Other Districts
 

 

   

 

Type of Preschool Special Education Services
Provided to Preschool Children with Disabilities
By Need Resource/Capacity Category
of School Districts and Other Districts
 

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
(Source:  PD-7)
 
 

 Region/Grouping*

RS,** SEIT*** & Special Class in Integrated Setting

 Half-Day Special Class-Segregated

 Full-Day Special Class-Segregated

 Total Number

New York City

50.5%

12.1%

37.4%

23,773

Big Four Cities

78.4%

12.4%

9.3%

2,777

Urban-Suburban High N/RC

68.3%

14.6%

17.2%

6,246

Rural High N/RC

80.5%

6.7%

12.8%

3,486

Average N/RC

77.3%

9.6%

13.1%

17,447

Low N/RC

76.6%

10.1%

13.4%

9,277

 

High N/RC Districts

58.6%

12.0%

29.4%

36,282

Average or Low N/RC Districts

77.0%

9.7%

13.2%

26,724

 

Big 5 Cities****

53.4%

12.2%

34.4%

26,550

Rest of State*****

75.9%

10.3%

13.9%

36,456

 

Buffalo

65.7%

24.2%

10.1%

1024

New York City

50.5%

12.1%

37.4%

23,773

Rochester

86.1%

9.8%

4.1%

655

Syracuse

99.8%

0.0%

0.2%

627

Yonkers

66.5%

6.6%

27.0%

471

 

Total State

66.4%

11.1%

22.5%

63,006

  

*

See Appendix 38 for definition of Need/Resource Capacity categories of school districts.

**

RS is an abbreviation for Related Services.

***

SEIT is an abbreviation for Special Education Itinerant Teacher services.

****

Big Five cities are New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers.

*****

Rest of State is school districts other than the Big Five Cities.
  • The data above indicates New York City and Yonkers provide full-day special class programs in segregated settings (settings which include only children with disabilities) to the greatest percentages of preschool children with disabilities compared to other regions or groupings of school districts.

 

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