Special Education: More Students with Disabilities Were Educated in General Education Settings, but State Trends Varied Widely
What GAO Found Under federal special education law, students with disabilities are to be educated alongside their peers without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate. Nationally, the number of students with disabilities in the general education classroom (gen ed) for at least 40 percent of their day increased 25 percent from school year 2012–13 through school year 2023–24 (see figure). The largest increase came from students with disabilities in gen ed for at least 80 percent of their d
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Published: 2 July 2026
Source: US GAO Reports
Category: Policy
Topics: Regulation · Children & education
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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