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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 2023

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)

PEAs identified with significant discrepancy in Fiscal Year 2023 are listed below. These PEAs have been above the risk ratio of 3.0 for the past 3 consecutive years.

ENTITY ID

PEA NAME

CATEGORY

RACE/ETHNICITY

FY23 RISK RATIO

FY22 RISK RATIO

FY21 RISK RATIO

92656
Archway Classical Academy Lincoln
Identity - OHI
WH
3.05
3
3.13
4272
Avondale Elementary District
Identity - ED
WH
4.15
4.28
4.58
4515
Bicentennial Union High School District
Identity - SLD
HL
3.61
3.26
3.73
4282
Cartwright Elementary District
Identity - A
WH
3.48
3.08
3.11
4446
Casa Grande Elementary District
Identity - ED
WH
3.41
3.01
3.41
4247
Fountain Hills Unified District
Identity - SLD
AM
4.49
4.54
4.73
10974
Great Expectations Academy
Identity - SLI
WH
5.22
4.84
4.02
79499
Masada Charter School, Inc.
Identity - SLI
WH
3.66
4.27
4.1
4286
Phoenix Union High School District
Identity - ED
WH
4.75
4.95
4.79
4286
Phoenix Union High School District
Identity - ED
BL
4.32
3.95
3.48
4286
Phoenix Union High School District
Identity - ED
MU
3.19
5.42
3.53
79959
Pima Prevention Partnership dba Pima Partnership School, The
Identity - SLD
HL
4.4
4.36
4.23
4279
Roosevelt Elementary District
Identity - ED
BL
4.66
4.74
5.62
6353
Shonto Governing Board of Education, Inc.
Identity - SLD
AM
4.53
3.82
3.84
4407
Sunnyside Unified District
Identity - OHI
WH
3.64
4.04
4.07
4385
Young Scholars Academy Charter School Corp.
Identity - SLI
WH
4.53
3.74
3.59

 

PEAs identified as being "at risk" for significant discrepancy are listed below. These PEAs are not identified with significant disproportionality; however, they have had a risk ratio of at least 3.0 for the past two years. If these PEAs are above a risk ratio of 3.0 next year, they will be flagged for significant disproportionality in FY24.

 

ENTITY IDPEA NAMECATEGORYRACE/ETHNICITYFY23 RISK RATIOFY22 RISK RATIO
4280
Alhambra Elementary District
Identification - ED
BL
3.5
3.87
4252
ASU Preparatory Academy
Identification - OHI
WH
3.48
3.14
346763
ASU Preparatory Academy
Identification - SLD
HL
3.07
3.23
90331
CPLC Community Schools dba Hiaki High School
Identification - SLD
HL
4.11
4.21
4271
Glendale Elementary District
Identification - ED
WH
4.74
3.62
4403
Phoenix Union High School District
Placement - Separate School/
Residential Facilities
WH
3.59
3.58
4451
Stanfield Elementary District
Identification - All Disabilities
WH
3.37
3.59
78997
Winslow Unified District
Identification - OHI
WH
3.55
4.19

 

Resources

  • Significant Disproportionality FAQ
  • Calculating Significant Disproportionality Infographic

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