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Significant Disproportionality

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Under Section 618 of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, States are required to collect and examine data to determine if significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring in the State and the public education agencies (PEAs) of the state with respect to:

 

  • Identification 
    • The identification of children ages 3 through 21 as children with disabilities;
    • The identification of children ages 3 through 21 as children with the following impairments:
      • Intellectual disabilities;
      • Specific learning disabilities;
      • Emotional disturbance;
      • Speech or language impairments;
      • Other health impairments; and
      • Autism
  • Placement
    • Placements of children with disabilities ages 6 through 21, inside a regular class less than 40 percent of the day; and
    • Placements of children with disabilities ages 6 through 21, inside separate schools and residential facilities, not including homebound or hospital settings, correctional facilities, or private schools
  • Discipline
    • For children with disabilities ages 3 through 21, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions of 10 days or fewer;
    • For children with disabilities ages 3 through 21, out-of-school suspensions and expulsions of more than 10 days;
    • For children with disabilities ages 3 through 21, in-school suspensions of 10 days or fewer;
    • For children with disabilities ages 3 through 21, in-school suspensions of more than 10 days; and
    • For children with disabilities ages 3 through 21, disciplinary removals in total, including in-school and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, removals by school personnel to an interim alternative education setting, and removals by a hearing officer

 

The State has moved to a Risk Ratio method to determine the likelihood of overrepresentation of a group when compared to another group. Arizona defines significant disproportionality as a rate of greater than or equal to 3.0 within a group compared to another group. If the ratio is greater than or equal to 3.0 for three consecutive years, the PEA is significantly disproportionate. PEAs that do not meet minimum cell size (10) are exempt from calculation. PEAs that do not meet the minimum n-size (30) are calculated using the alternate risk ratio.

Public Education Data - Fiscal Year 2022

KEY:

Disability TypeRace/Ethnicity

Autism (A)

Emotional Disturbance (ED)

Intellectual Disabilities (ID)

Other Health Impairments (OHI)

Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)

Speech or Language Impairments (SLI)

American Indian or Alaska Native (AM)

Asian (AS)

Black or African American (BL)

Hispanic/Latino (HL)

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (PI)

Two or more races (MU)

White (WH)

 

ENTITY ID

PEA NAME

CATEGORY

RACE/ETHNICITY

FY22 RISK RATIO

FY21 RISK RATIO

FY20 RISK RATIO

4272

Avondale Elementary District

Identification - ED

WH

4.28

4.58

3.02

4282Cartwright Elementary DistrictIdentification - AWH3.083.113.05
4282Cartwright Elementary DistrictIdentification - EDBL4.044.224.91
4446Casa Grande Elementary DistrictIdentification - EDWH3.013.413.57
81027

Cochise Community Development

Corporation

Identification - SLIWH3.693.283.68
4247Fountain Hills Unified DistrictIdentification - SLDAM4.544.734.66
4271Glendale Elementary DistrictIdentification - EDMU7.68.124.87
10974Great Expectations AcademyIdentification -SLIWH4.844.024.06
79499Masada Charter School, Inc.Identification -SLIWH4.274.14.24
79959

Pima Prevention Partnership dba Pima

Partnership School, The 

Identification - SLDHL4.364.233.62
4279Roosevelt Elementary DistrictIdentification - EDBL4.745.624.83
4393Show Low Unified District

Placement - Separate School/

Residential Facilities

WH33.533.86
4288Tolleson Union High School DistrictIdentification - EDWH4.966.174.94
4385

Young Scholars Academy

Charter School Corp.

Identification - SLIWH3.743.594.58

State Data

Ages 3 to 21 School Year 2021 to 2022

Identification of Children with Disabilities (CWD) as

Race/eTHNICITY

CWD

 iD

SLD

ED

SLI

OHI

A

AM

1.30

1.57

1.69

1.23

1.20

0.78

0.81

As

0.47

0.87

0.26

0.37

0.66

0.39

1.34

bl

1.13

1.93

1.17

2.13

0.69

1.43

1.15

hl

0.98

1.14

1.21

0.51

0.96

0.61

0.72

pi

0.89

1.97

0.96

1.74

1.59

1.37

1.89

mu

1.03

0.92

0.87

1.76

1.21

1.32

1.38

WH

1.00

0.64

0.76

1.41

1.09

1.55

1.28

 

Ages 3 to 21 School Year 2021 to 2022

Race/Ethnicity

Out-of-school suspensions and expulsions of 10 days or fewer

Out-of-school suspensions and expulsions of more than 10 days

In-school suspensions of 10 days or fewer

In-school suspensions of more than 10 days

Disciplinary removals in total

AM

0.58

0.39

0.40

0.69

0.46

As

0.40

0.63

0.25

0.00

0.30

Bl

1.49

1.91

1.60

1.93

1.51

Hl

0.70

0.74

0.74

0.43

0.68

pi

1.91

0.00

0.84

0.00

1.67

mu

1.98

1.31

1.80

0.00

1.83

Wh

1.25

1.25

1.25

2.38

1.35

 

Ages 3 to 21 School Year 2021 to 2022

Race/Ethnicity

Placements of children with disabilities inside a regular class less than 40 percent of the day

Placements of children with disabilities inside separate schools and residential facilities*

Am

0.96

1.15

As

2.05

1.63

Bl

1.39

1.81

Hl

0.98

0.57

pi

1.96

1.28

mu

1.08

1.69

Wh

0.87

1.29

* Calculation ignores students placed by a state placing agency into a residential facility

Resources

  • Significant Disproportionality FAQ
  • Calculating Significant Disproportionality Infographic

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