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Number of Vermont students with disabilities is on the rise, despite declining overall enrollment
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The analysis presented in the report paints “a complex picture of special education in Vermont,” the report reads.
Students with IEPs in Vermont are spending more of their time in regular classroom settings — a positive finding in the report, experts said.
The rise in students with disabilities is, in part, due to increases in the number of students diagnosed with autism since 2019, according to the report.
Another contributing factor to the rise in students with disabilities could be the state’s “comprehensive and proactive approach to mental health and special education,” the report said.
“It is a mistake to view special education as the problem, rather than looking systemically at the conditions that drive these expenditures.”A forthcoming special education report queued up for December will make recommendations around changes to how special education services are funded, the Agency of Education said in a release.