Special Education Data

COVID-19 and Special Education

View information for educators and parents to support students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 resources for special education

Retiring Delay Code 61

Delay Code 61 - "COVID-19 School Closure" will be retired effective with the 2022-2023 School Year. For further details please read the Retiring Delay Code 61 Communication.

State of Colorado Special Education Data

Section 618 of IDEA requires states to report to the Secretary of Education and the public on the equity of services provided under IDEA for various subgroups. The data reports below summarize Colorado’s annual data submissions to the Secretary of Education:

Child Count and Educational Environment

Disciplinary Removals of Children with Disabilities

Exiting Special Education

Participation and Achievement in the State Assessments

Colorado Participation and Achievement 2016-2017 (Excel)
Colorado Participation and Achievement 2017-2018 (Excel)
Colorado Participation and Achievement 2018-2019 (Excel)
No State Assessments in the 2019-2020 School Year
Colorado Participation and Achievement 2020-2021 (Excel)

Dispute Resolution

Personnel

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and Coordinated Early Intervention Services (CEIS)

To learn about Colorado's special education data in comparison to other states or nations, please visit IDEA Data Center's Interactive Public Reporting Engine

Administrative Units Special Education Data

Some of the state-level special education data posted above are disaggregated at the Administrative Unit level:

For years prior to what is shown above, please visit the Special Education Data Reports Archive.

For more information, contact:

Gloria Durosko
Email Gloria Durosko
Phone: (303) 866-6885

Alyssa Ohleyer
Email Alyssa Ohleyer
Phone: (303) 866-6308

Orla Bolger
Email Orla Bolger
Phone: (303) 866-6896

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