Students with disabilities – defined as those with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) – accounted for 16% of all Stamford Public Schools students in 2021-22. Statewide, students with disabilities accounted for 17% of students. Over the past eight years, the number of students with disabilities in Stamford has increased by more than 700 students, including an increase of 200 students in the 2023-24 school year compared with the previous year.
Students with disabilities usually require additional legally mandated school-based services. These services may include, but are not limited to, speech and language services, audiology services, psychological and counseling services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation services, medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes, school health services, and social work services. Special education spending in Stamford has risen by 16.8 percent over the past five years.
State of CT
|
2016-17
|
2017-18
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
Special Education Status
|
|
|
|
|
|
No
|
461,871
|
455,769
|
448,854
|
443,431
|
429,456
|
428,088
|
Yes
|
77,028
|
79,256
|
81,758
|
84,398
|
83,623
|
85,527
|
Total
|
538,899
|
535,025
|
530,612
|
527,829
|
513,079
|
513,615
|
SPS
|
2016-17
|
2017-18
|
2018-19
|
2019-20
|
2020-21
|
2021-22
|
Special Education Status
|
|
|
|
|
|
No
|
14,074
|
13,864
|
13,840
|
14,195
|
13,853
|
13,568
|
Yes
|
2,026
|
2,067
|
2,213
|
2,405
|
2,420
|
2,511
|
Total
|
16,100
|
15,931
|
16,053
|
16,600
|
16,273
|
16,079
|
https://public-edsight.ct.gov/Students/Enrollment-Dashboard/Enrollment-Report-Legacy?language=en_US