 
         CHAPTER 33--EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
      SUBCHAPTER II--ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN WITH 
                              DISABILITIES
 
Sec. 1418. Program information


(a) In general

    Each State that receives assistance under this subchapter, and the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall provide data each year to the 
Secretary--
        (1)(A) on--
            (i) the number of children with disabilities, by race, 
        ethnicity, and disability category, who are receiving a free 
        appropriate public education;
            (ii) the number of children with disabilities, by race and 
        ethnicity, who are receiving early intervention services;
            (iii) the number of children with disabilities, by race, 
        ethnicity, and disability category, who are participating in 
        regular education;
            (iv) the number of children with disabilities, by race, 
        ethnicity, and disability category, who are in separate classes, 
        separate schools or facilities, or public or private residential 
        facilities;
            (v) the number of children with disabilities, by race, 
        ethnicity, and disability category, who, for each year of age 
        from age 14 to 21, stopped receiving special education and 
        related services because of program completion or other reasons 
        and the reasons why those children stopped receiving special 
        education and related services;
            (vi) the number of children with disabilities, by race and 
        ethnicity, who, from birth through age 2, stopped receiving 
        early intervention services because of program completion or for 
        other reasons; and
            (vii)(I) the number of children with disabilities, by race, 
        ethnicity, and disability category, who under subparagraphs 
        (A)(ii) and (B) of section 1415(k)(1) of this title, are removed 
        to an interim alternative educational setting;
            (II) the acts or items precipitating those removals; and
            (III) the number of children with disabilities who are 
        subject to long-term suspensions or expulsions; and

        (B) on the number of infants and toddlers, by race and 
    ethnicity, who are at risk of having substantial developmental 
    delays (as described in section 1432 of this title), and who are 
    receiving early intervention services under subchapter III of this 
    chapter; and
        (2) on any other information that may be required by the 
    Secretary.

(b) Sampling

    The Secretary may permit States and the Secretary of the Interior to 
obtain the data described in subsection (a) of this section through 
sampling.

(c) Disproportionality

                           (1) In general

        Each State that receives assistance under this subchapter, and 
    the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide for the collection and 
    examination of data to determine if significant disproportionality 
    based on race is occurring in the State with respect to--
            (A) the identification of children as children with 
        disabilities, including the identification of children as 
        children with disabilities in accordance with a particular 
        impairment described in section 1401(3) of this title; and
            (B) the placement in particular educational settings of such 
        children.

        (2) Review and revision of policies, practices, and 
                                 procedures

        In the case of a determination of significant disproportionality 
    with respect to the identification of children as children with 
    disabilities, or the placement in particular educational settings of 
    such children, in accordance with paragraph (1), the State or the 
    Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, shall provide for the 
    review and, if appropriate, revision of the policies, procedures, 
    and practices used in such identification or placement to ensure 
    that such policies, procedures, and practices comply with the 
    requirements of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 618, as added Pub. L. 105-17, title I, 
Sec. 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 101.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1418, Pub. L. 91-230, title VI, Sec. 618, as added 
Pub. L. 94-142, Sec. 5(a), Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 791; amended Pub. L. 
98-199, Secs. 3(b), 8, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1358, 1360; Pub. L. 99-
457, title IV, Sec. 406, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1174; Pub. L. 100-630, 
title I, Sec. 102(h), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3295; Pub. L. 101-476, 
title II, Sec. 203, Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1112, related to evaluation 
and program information, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I 
to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 105-17.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective July 1, 1998, see section 201(a)(2)(A) of Pub. L. 
105-17, set out as a note under section 1400 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1411, 1412, 1417, 1435, 
1442, 1474, 4304 of this title; title 42 section 6022.
