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Part B Annual Performance Report
2003-2004

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Appendix 5.2

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

 

   

 

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

July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004
(Source:  PD-7)
 
 

 Region/Grouping*

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

 Half-Day Special Class-Segregated

 Full-Day Special Class-Segregated & Residential

 Total Number

New York City

50.2%

11.4%

38.4%

24,573

Big Four Cities

80.5%

10.5%

9.0%

3,061

Urban-Suburban High N/RC

68.6%

13.7%

17.6%

6,563

Rural High N/RC

82.6%

5.5%

11.9%

3,681

Average N/RC

78.3%

9.4%

12.2%

18,960

Low N/RC

77.5%

9.8%

12.7%

10,352

 

High N/RC Districts

59.0%

11.2%

29.8%

37,878

Average or Low N/RC Districts

78.0%

9.6%

12.4%

29,312

 

Big 5 Cities****

53.5%

11.3%

35.1%

27,634

Rest of State*****

76.9%

9.9%

13.2%

39,556

 

Buffalo

68.9%

19.0%

12.1%

1,254

New York City

50.2%

11.4%

38.4%

24,573

Rochester

89.8%

7.8%

2.4%

625

Syracuse

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

699

Yonkers

70.2%

7.0%

22.8%

483

 

Total State

67.3%

10.5%

22.2%

67,190

 

*

See Appendix 2.2  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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