Appendix 8.4

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	New York State Part B Annual Performance Report 2003-2004
	Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities

Appendix 8.4

Integration of Students with Disabilities (Ages 6-21)
By Need/Resource Capacity Category
of School Districts and Other Districts
December 1, 2003

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Integration of Students with Disabilities (Ages 6-21)
By Need/Resource Capacity Category
of School Districts and Other Districts
December 1, 2003
Source: PD-1/4

Region/Grouping*	Number of Students Ages 6-21	Percent of School Day in General Education Programs in General Education Buildings			Separate Settings**
Region/Grouping*	Number of Students Ages 6-21	80 to 100%	40 to 79%	Less than 40%	Separate Settings**
New York City	137,930	48.7%	1.3%	40.6%	9.4%
Large City Districts	23,417	54.6%	9.1%	29.7%	6.5%
	35,175	46.0%	18.1%	28.9%	7.0%
Urban-Suburban High N/RC
Rural High N/RC	26,181	54.2%	22.1%	21.8%	1.9%
Average N/RC	111,905	57.5%	20.3%	17.8%	4.4%
Low N/RC	47,538	64.6%	18.1%	11.6%	5.8%

High Need/Resource Capacity School Districts	222,703	49.5%	7.2%	35.4%	7.8%
Average and Low Need/ Resource Capacity School Districts	159,443	59.6%	19.7%	15.9%	4.8%

Big Five Cities***	161,347	49.5%	2.5%	39.0%	9.0%
Rest of State	220,799	56.8%	19.7%	18.7%	4.8%

Buffalo	9,208	54.5%	17.0%	19.3%	9.3%
New York City	137,930	48.7%	1.3%	40.6%	9.4%
Rochester	6,438	55.9%	2.6%	35.4%	6.2%
Syracuse	4,410	65.6%	6.7%	26.4%	1.5%
Yonkers****	3,361	38.4%	3.4%	52.0%	6.2%

Total Public	382,146	53.7%	12.4%	27.3%	6.6%
Total State	387,633	53.4%	12.4%	27.0%	7.3%

*	See Appendix 2.2 for definition of Need/Resource Capacity categories of school districts.
**	Separate settings are school buildings that are attended by students with disabilities only. Such settings include public separate facility, private separate facility, public residential facility, private residential facility, and home/hospital placement.
***	Big Five Cities are New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers.

The data above indicate that large percentages of students with disabilities spend less than 40 percent of the school day in general education programs in New York City, Rochester, Yonkers and Urban-Suburban High Need school districts, compared to other regions or groupings of school districts.

Data also indicate that New York City, Buffalo and Urban-Suburban High Need school districts place the greatest percentage of school-age students with disabilities in separate settings compared to other regions or groupings of school districts.

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