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IPE-81-1 1 (1981-09-30)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On

Select Education, Committee On Education

And Labor, House Of Representatives

OF THE UNITED STATES




Disparities Still Exist In

Who Gets Special Education





Under the Education for All Handicapped
Children Act, all handicapped children age 3
to 21 are to have access to special education
services. GAO analyzed 15 evaluation studies
and 2 data bases to determine if this mandate
is being met. -

GAO found that nearly 4 million public
school children received special education
services in the 1980-1981 school year. A
typical child in special education is under
12 years of age, male, and mildly handi-
capped.

Few out-of-school children have been iden-
tified as needing special education. However,
there appears to be a substantial but unde-
termined number of children in-school who
need, but do not have access to, special
education. In contrast, certain categories
such as learning disabled are overrepresented
in special education. Access to special educa-
tion is determined by such factors as a child's
State of residence, age, sex, racial/ethnic
identity, and handicapping condition.





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