1. Special Education Enrollments and Teaching Certificates Joseph Frey, Associate Commissioner New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education September 2008

2. 2003 Total Cohort Graduation Rate General Education Students and Students with Disabilities Percentage of Students Graduating with Regents or Local Diploma after 4 Years by Need/Resource Capacity Category Results through June 2007 Note that students with disabilities in low- need districts graduate at higher rates than the general education students in New York City, Large City districts and Urban-Suburban districts.

4. New York State Special Education Birth-Grade 6Grades 5-12Total Enrollment, 2006-07 257,243 225,674 482,917 Teachers (FTE), 2007-08 23,564 20,062 43,626 1st Yr Certificates, 2007-08 6,167 1,539 7,706 Students per Teacher10.911.2 1st Yr Certs as a % of Teachers26%8% (annual replacement potential)

6. 1st Year Certificates Issued for Teaching Students with Disabilities, New York State 2004-05 to 2007-08

8. Estimated production needed to avoid shortages New Certificates per Vacancy

11. Pre School/N-K X 6 Early Childhood XX XX 42 Elementary X X 19 Elementary/Middle 6 Middle X 8 Middle/Secondary X 4 Secondary*** X X 20 K-12; N-Grade 12; All Grades XXXXXX 41 Special Education Certification Structure Large 7 States and All States NY CA FL IL OH PA TX All States *** Mostly endorsements of a general secondary certificate rather than a special education certificate, or not subject specific. ***

12. The number of self-identified students with disabilities in New York State higher education programs is increasing. 2.8% 3.0% 3.3% Students with Disabilities Enrolled in NYS Higher Education *Data for 1998 are not available 3.4% 3.5% 3.4% 3.6% * * Share of Total Enrollment